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Ministral 3 8B

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92.0KDownloads156LikesOct 2025Released262K tokensContextApache 2.0License4 EntryQuality

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Quick specs

Parameters8B
Architecturemultimodal
Context262K tokens
Modalitytext+vision
Min RAM3.1 GB
Rec. RAM4.9 GB (Q4_K_M)
LicenseApache 2.0
FamilyMinistral
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About this model

A balanced model in the Ministral 3 family, Ministral 3 8B is a powerful, efficient tiny language model with vision capabilities.

  • •8.4B Language Model
  • •0.4B Vision Encoder
  • •Vision: Enables the model to analyze images and provide insights based on visual content, in addition to text
  • •Multilingual: Supports dozens of languages, including English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic
  • •System Prompt: Maintains strong adherence and support for system prompts

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QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
3.1 GB
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Q3_K_S
3
3.9 GB
Low—
NVFP4
4
4.5 GB
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Q4_K_M
4
4.9 GB
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Q5_K_M
5
5.8 GB
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Q6_K
6
6.6 GB
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Q8_0
8
8.6 GB
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F16
16
16.4 GB
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Memory breakdown

Reference: NVIDIA A10 24GB

Weights4.9 GB
KV Cache1.3 GB
Runtime2.4 GB
Headroom2.4 GB