AI model comparison
Ministral 3 8B 2512 vs Reka Flash 3
Pricing, context window, benchmarks, and features compared side by side. Or skip the guesswork and send one prompt to both.
Mistral
Ministral 3 8B 2512
A balanced model in the Ministral 3 family, Ministral 3 8B is a powerful, efficient tiny language model with vision capabilities.
- Input / 1M
- $0.15
- Output / 1M
- $0.15
- Context
- 262K
rekaai
Reka Flash 3
Reka Flash 3 is a general-purpose, instruction-tuned large language model with 21 billion parameters, developed by Reka. It excels at general chat, coding tasks, instruction-following, and function calling.
- Input / 1M
- $0.10
- Output / 1M
- $0.20
- Context
- 66K
At a glance
Quick verdict
How the two models stack up on the things people ask about most.
Lower price
Reka Flash 3
1.3x cheaper for a typical chat
Higher intelligence score
Reka Flash 3
6.4 vs 5.5 on Artificial Analysis
Larger context window
Ministral 3 8B 2512
262K vs 66K tokens
Newer release
Ministral 3 8B 2512
Released December 2, 2025
Benchmarks
Benchmark scores
Independent scores from Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.
Intelligence index
Ministral 3 8B 25125.5Reka Flash 36.4Coding index
Ministral 3 8B 25129.7Reka Flash 3Not availableAgentic index
Ministral 3 8B 25120.6Reka Flash 3Not availablePricing
Ministral 3 8B 2512 vs Reka Flash 3 API pricing
Per-token API rates. Cheaper option highlighted.
| Metric | Ministral 3 8B 2512 | Reka Flash 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Input tokensPer 1M tokens | $0.15 | $0.10 |
| Output tokensPer 1M tokens | $0.15 | $0.20 |
| Cached input (read)Per 1M tokens | $0.02 | Not available |
| Cache writePer 1M tokens | Not available | Not available |
What it costs in practice
Estimated cost per 1,000 requests at standard rates. Coding and long-document figures also show the cost when the input is already cached.
Chat message
2K in, 500 out
Ministral 3 8B 2512$0.37Reka Flash 3$0.30Coding task
30K in, 4K out
Ministral 3 8B 2512$5.10$1.05 cachedReka Flash 3$3.80Long document summary
150K in, 2K out
Ministral 3 8B 2512$22.80$2.55 cachedReka Flash 3$15.40Specs
Context window and capabilities
How much each model can read, how much it can write, and what it accepts as input.
| Metric | Ministral 3 8B 2512 | Reka Flash 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 262K tokens | 66K tokens |
| Max output | 210K tokens | 59K tokens |
| Input types | Image, Text | Text |
| Output types | Text | Text |
| Reasoning effort levels | Not available | Not available |
| Default reasoning effort | Not available | Not available |
| Release date | December 2, 2025 | March 12, 2025 |
Features
Supported features
API features available for each model.
| Metric | Ministral 3 8B 2512 | Reka Flash 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Tool calling | Supported | Not supported |
| Structured outputs | Supported | Supported |
| JSON mode | Supported | Not supported |
| Reasoning | Not supported | Supported |
| Temperature | Supported | Supported |
| Stop sequences | Supported | Supported |
| Deterministic seed | Supported | Supported |
| Verbosity control | Not supported | Not supported |
Keep exploring
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Our take
Reka Flash 3 is 1.3x cheaper for a typical chat. Reka Flash 3 scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (6.4 vs 5.5). Ministral 3 8B 2512 has the larger context window (262K vs 66K tokens). The right pick depends on your workload, so the quickest way to settle it is to send the same prompt to both and compare.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Is Ministral 3 8B 2512 or Reka Flash 3 cheaper?
Reka Flash 3 is cheaper for a typical chat (2K input tokens and 500 output tokens). Reka Flash 3 costs $0.10 per 1M input tokens and $0.20 per 1M output tokens, while Ministral 3 8B 2512 costs $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.15 per 1M output tokens.
Which has a bigger context window, Ministral 3 8B 2512 or Reka Flash 3?
Ministral 3 8B 2512 supports up to 262K tokens of context, compared with 66K for Reka Flash 3.
Is Ministral 3 8B 2512 smarter than Reka Flash 3?
On the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, Ministral 3 8B 2512 scores 5.5 and Reka Flash 3 scores 6.4, putting Reka Flash 3 ahead. Benchmarks don't capture everything, so the best test is running your own prompts through both.
Can I use Ministral 3 8B 2512 and Reka Flash 3 at the same time?
Yes. Shortcut Chat sends one prompt to multiple models at once, so you can see Ministral 3 8B 2512 and Reka Flash 3 answer side by side and keep the better response.
Why choose? Ask both.
Send one prompt to Ministral 3 8B 2512 and Reka Flash 3 at the same time. Compare the answers side by side and keep the best one.