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# Ministral-3-3B-Instruct-2512

> Use Ministral-3-3B-Instruct-2512 with NeMo AutoModel for language model fine-tuning, including checkpoints, a runnable starting command, setup, and reference details.

[Ministral](https://mistral.ai/news/ministraux/) is Mistral AI's efficient small model series optimized for on-device and edge use cases. [Devstral](https://mistral.ai/news/devstral/) is a code-focused model built on the same architecture, designed for software engineering agents.

Both use the `Mistral3ForConditionalGeneration` architecture.

Set up NeMo AutoModel with the [latest container](https://catalog.ngc.nvidia.com/orgs/nvidia/containers/nemo-automodel) or follow the [installation instructions](/get-started/installation).

## Fine-Tune Ministral-3-3B-Instruct-2512

From the repository root, run:

```bash
uv run automodel examples/llm_finetune/mistral/ministral3_3b_squad.yaml \
  --nproc-per-node 8
```

## Model Reference

### Model Architecture

| Property                  | Value                                         |
| ------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| Task                      | Text Generation                               |
| Architecture              | `Mistral3ForConditionalGeneration`            |
| Parameters                | 3B                                            |
| Hugging Face Organization | [mistralai](https://huggingface.co/mistralai) |

### Available Models

| Model                   | HF ID                                                                                                     |
| ----------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Ministral-3 3B Instruct | [`mistralai/Ministral-3-3B-Instruct-2512`](https://huggingface.co/mistralai/Ministral-3-3B-Instruct-2512) |

## Related Resources

* [LLM Fine-Tuning Guide](/recipes-e2e-examples/sft-peft)