Mistral: Mistral Small 3

Mistral AIID: mistralai/mistral-small-24b-instruct-2501

Mistral Small 3 is a 24B-parameter language model optimized for low-latency performance across common AI tasks. Released under the Apache 2.0 license, it features both pre-trained and instruction-tuned versions designed for efficient local deployment. The model achieves 81% accuracy on the MMLU benchmark and performs competitively with larger models like Llama 3.3 70B and Qwen 32B, while operating at three times the speed on equivalent hardware. [Read the blog post about the model here.](https://mistral.ai/news/mistral-small-3/)

Pricing per 1M Tokens

Input (Prompt)$0.05
Output (Completion)$0.08
Cache ReadFree
Cache WriteFree
ImageN/A

Specifications

Context Length33K
Max Output Tokens16K
Input ModalitiesText
Output ModalitiesText
TokenizerMistral
Instruct TypeN/A
Top Provider Context33K
Top Provider Max Output16K
ModeratedNo

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Last updated: March 23, 2026

First tracked: March 23, 2026