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Language model

Ministral 8B Instruct

Mistral AI

Released
October 16, 2024
Data date
September 26, 2026
Input
Text
Output
Text

Ministral 8B Instruct is the earlier 8B instruction-tuned checkpoint with 131,000 tokens of context and function calls. It uses the Mistral Research License and targets local and edge applications without automatically authorizing commercial use.

Ministral 8B names the same model family.

Specifications and access

SpecificationValue and source
Weights
Open weightsSource
Access
Parameters
8 billionSource
Context window
131,072 tokensSource
Maximum output
8,192 tokensSource
License
Mistral Research LicenseSource
Inputs
TextSource
Outputs
TextSource
Tool calling