Which is cheaper, Ministral 8B (latest) or text-embedding-3-large?

text-embedding-3-large, at $0.39 per million tokens against $0.40 for Ministral 8B (latest), three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Ministral 8B (latest): nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.40 is the number to beat. text-embedding-3-large: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.39 is the number to beat.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 2 providers sell both: LLM Gateway, Nous Portal. The cheapest of them for the two together is LLM Gateway.

Which holds more context?

Ministral 8B (latest), at 128k tokens against 8k.

Ministral 8B (latest) vs text-embedding-3-large.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

Ministral 8B (latest) and text-embedding-3-large split the 5 rounds this table counts: the two list price rows, the cheapest price we can explain, the standard price and context. The weighting you pick decides the rest.

Mistral AI

Ministral 8B (latest)

$0.40/M tokens

Mistral AI list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.066 per 1,000 pages

128k context · tool calling · open weights

OpenAI

text-embedding-3-large

$0.39/M tokens

OpenAI list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.078 per 1,000 pages

8k context

List price in (lower wins)

$0.10/M

$0.13/M

List price out (lower wins)

$0.10/M

$0/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

none below list

Standard price (lower wins)

$0.40/M

$0.39/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.066

$0.078

Context

128k tokens

8k tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

not stated

Reads images

Reasoning

Released

1 Oct 2024

25 Jan 2024

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

no provider to check

Providers selling both · 2

LLM Gateway$0.60 / $0.39
Nous Portal$0.60 / $0.39

Ministral 8B (latest) then text-embedding-3-large, per million tokens

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What moved in the last seven days

Ministral 8B (latest)Cortecs$0.17 / $0.17 $0.19 / $0.197% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Ministral 8B (latest)Nous Portal$0.12 / $0.12 $0.15 / $0.1525% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
text-embedding-3-largeNous Portal$0.10 / $0 $0.13 / $025% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
text-embedding-3-largeOfox$0.13 / $0 $0.14 / $08% dearer · 11 Sept 2026

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Ministral 8B (latest) or text-embedding-3-large?: text-embedding-3-large, at $0.39 per million tokens against $0.40 for Ministral 8B (latest), three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Ministral 8B (latest): nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.40 is the number to beat. text-embedding-3-large: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.39 is the number to beat.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 2 providers sell both: LLM Gateway, Nous Portal. The cheapest of them for the two together is LLM Gateway.
Which holds more context?: Ministral 8B (latest), at 128k tokens against 8k.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.