Mistral: Mistral Small 3
MISTRALAI Developer Architecture Profile
Intelligence (ELO)1050Chatbot Arena Verified
Max Context32,768Tokens
API Cost / 1M$0.13Blended Prompt + Completion
Model Capabilities
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/)
Granular Pricing Matrix
Input Tokens (Prompt)$0.05 / 1M
Output Tokens (Completion)$0.08 / 1M
Pricing data via OpenRouter. Sync: 3/16/2026
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