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Ministral 3B Instruct

Mistral edge model at 3B. Designed for on-device inference with extended 128k context. Research license only.

License: Mistral Research License·Released Oct 16, 2024·Context: 131,072 tokens

Overview

Mistral edge model at 3B. Designed for on-device inference with extended 128k context. Research license only.

Family & lineage

How this model relates to others in its lineage. Family members share architecture and training-data roots; parent / children edges record direct distillation or fine-tune relationships.

Family siblings (ministral)
Ministral 3B Instruct3B
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Ministral 8B Instruct8B
Consumer
Distilled / fine-tuned from this
Ministral 8B Instruct8B
Consumer

Strengths

  • 128k context at 3B
  • Edge deployable

Weaknesses

  • Research license blocks commercial use

Quantization variants

Each quantization trades model quality for file size and VRAM. Q4_K_M is the most popular starting point.

QuantizationFile sizeVRAM required
Q4_K_M1.9 GB4 GB

Get the model

HuggingFace

Original weights

huggingface.co/mistralai/Ministral-3B-Instruct-2410

Source repository — direct quantization required.

Hardware that runs this

Cards with enough VRAM for at least one quantization of Ministral 3B Instruct.

NVIDIA GB200 NVL72
13824GB · nvidia
AMD Instinct MI355X
288GB · amd
AMD Instinct MI325X
256GB · amd
AMD Instinct MI300X
192GB · amd
NVIDIA B200
192GB · nvidia
NVIDIA H100 NVL
188GB · nvidia
NVIDIA H200
141GB · nvidia
Intel Gaudi 3
128GB · intel

Frequently asked

What's the minimum VRAM to run Ministral 3B Instruct?

4GB of VRAM is enough to run Ministral 3B Instruct at the Q4_K_M quantization (file size 1.9 GB). Higher-quality quantizations need more.

Can I use Ministral 3B Instruct commercially?

Ministral 3B Instruct is released under the Mistral Research License, which has restrictions for commercial use. Review the license terms before using it in a product.

What's the context length of Ministral 3B Instruct?

Ministral 3B Instruct supports a context window of 131,072 tokens (about 131K).

Source: huggingface.co/mistralai/Ministral-3B-Instruct-2410

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