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Mistral Small 3

Mistral · Released Jan 30, 2025 · Open weights

Efficient Mistral model for fast chat, extraction, and production assistants

Strongest at
Math
Better than 3% of the past year's models · one benchmark so far
Price per 1M tokens
$0.05 / $0.08
input / output · OpenRouter
Context window
32.8K
tokens in · 16.4K out
Lab announcement ↗Open in the timeline

Capability profile

Scored against 90 models released in the past year. 50 is the average model; further out is better.

This modelMedian of the past year
5090Median of the past yearWriting: 13 · Better than 0%Math: 30 · Better than 3%Science: 39 · Better than 0%WritingMathScience
Writing13Better than 0% · 1 test
Math30Better than 3% · 1 test
Science39Better than 0% · 1 test

No results yet: Coding, Reading & documents, Reasoning, Visual reasoning, Computer use

Where these scores come from

Each capability combines the published benchmarks listed here, rescaled so 50 is the reference average and 15 points is one standard deviation. A hollow dot rests on a single benchmark.

Price against capability

The shaded corner holds anything better and cheaper. Prices blend input and output 3 to 1.

1 model from the past year scores higher on Math for less: Qwen3.7 Flash.

$0.1$0.3$1$3$10$3020406080DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 63, $0.26 per 1MMuse Spark Open: 60, $2 per 1MClaude Haiku 5.5: 66, $0.2 per 1MMistral Large 4: 54, $2.06 per 1MGemini 4 Argon: 75, $4 per 1MGPT-6.1 Sol: 78, $4 per 1MClaude Sonnet 5.5: 75, $4 per 1MGPT-6 Sol: 74, $4 per 1MGPT-6 Luna: 63, $0.2 per 1MClaude Opus 5.5: 77, $8 per 1MGrok 4.7: 55, $3 per 1MDeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 60, $0.27 per 1MGPT-6 Astra: 78, $20 per 1MMuse Spark 1.3: 65, $2 per 1MGemini 3.8 Flash: 58, $1.5 per 1MClaude Fable 5.1: 76, $20 per 1MGLM-5.3-Flash: 47, $0.24 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp: 48, $0.32 per 1MQwen3.8 27B: 42, $1.12 per 1MGLM-5.3: 56, $2.15 per 1MGemini 3.7 Flash: 62, $1.5 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813: 60, $0.99 per 1MGrok 4.6: 60, $3 per 1MMuse Spark 1.2: 56, $2 per 1MQwen3.8 Max: 62, $3 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash 0731: 55, $0.067 per 1MClaude Opus 5: 73, $10 per 1MGemini 3.6 Flash: 52, $1.5 per 1MGemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 35, $0.85 per 1MKimi K3: 61, $6 per 1MQwen3.7 Flash: 48, $0.055 per 1MGPT-5.6 Terra: 70, $4.5 per 1MGPT-5.6 Sol: 73, $8 per 1MGPT-5.6 Luna: 63, $0.45 per 1MGrok 4.5: 55, $3 per 1MClaude Sonnet 5: 62, $4 per 1MGLM-5.2: 54, $2.15 per 1MKimi K2.7 Code: 46, $1.71 per 1MClaude Fable 5: 75, $20 per 1MQwen3.7 Plus: 54, $0.7 per 1MClaude Opus 4.8: 67, $10 per 1MQwen3.7 Max: 53, $3.75 per 1MGemini 3.5 Flash: 54, $3.38 per 1MGPT-5.5 Instant: 42, $11.2 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Pro: 49, $0.26 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash: 27, $0.11 per 1MGPT-5.5 Pro: 72, $67.5 per 1MGPT-5.5: 68, $11.2 per 1MQwen3.6 27B: 45, $1.35 per 1MKimi K2.6: 49, $1.71 per 1MGrok 4.3: 39, $1.56 per 1MGrok Build 0.1: 23, $1.25 per 1MClaude Opus 4.7: 60, $10 per 1MQwen3.6 35B-A3B: 49, $0.84 per 1MMuse Spark 1.1: 50, $2 per 1MGLM-5.1: 51, $2.15 per 1MGemma 4 31B IT: 58, $0.25 per 1MQwen3.6 Plus: 37, $1.12 per 1MGPT-5.4 nano: 48, $0.46 per 1MGPT-5.4 mini: 44, $1.69 per 1MGPT-5.4 Pro: 67, $67.5 per 1MGPT-5.4: 64, $5.62 per 1MGemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 49, $0.56 per 1MQwen3.5 Flash: 47, $0.18 per 1MQwen3.5 9B: 53, $0.19 per 1MQwen3.5 35B-A3B: 56, $0.69 per 1MGemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 55, $4.5 per 1MClaude Sonnet 4.6: 54, $6 per 1MQwen3.5 Plus: 63, $0.9 per 1MQwen3.5 397B-A17B: 52, $1.35 per 1MGLM-5: 60, $1.55 per 1MClaude Opus 4.6: 57, $10 per 1MGLM-4.7: 48, $1 per 1MGemini 3 Flash Preview: 50, $1.12 per 1MGPT-5.2 Pro: 61, $57.8 per 1MGPT-5.2 Codex: 51, $4.81 per 1MGPT-5.2: 54, $4.81 per 1MDeepSeek V3.2: 64, $0.32 per 1MClaude Opus 4.5: 51, $10 per 1MGPT-5.1 Codex Max: 37, $3.44 per 1MGPT-5.1: 64, $3.44 per 1MMistral Small 3: 30, $0.058 per 1MMistral Small 3Price per 1M tokens →↑ Math$0.1$1$1020406080DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 63, $0.26 per 1MMuse Spark Open: 60, $2 per 1MClaude Haiku 5.5: 66, $0.2 per 1MMistral Large 4: 54, $2.06 per 1MGemini 4 Argon: 75, $4 per 1MGPT-6.1 Sol: 78, $4 per 1MClaude Sonnet 5.5: 75, $4 per 1MGPT-6 Sol: 74, $4 per 1MGPT-6 Luna: 63, $0.2 per 1MClaude Opus 5.5: 77, $8 per 1MGrok 4.7: 55, $3 per 1MDeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 60, $0.27 per 1MGPT-6 Astra: 78, $20 per 1MMuse Spark 1.3: 65, $2 per 1MGemini 3.8 Flash: 58, $1.5 per 1MClaude Fable 5.1: 76, $20 per 1MGLM-5.3-Flash: 47, $0.24 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp: 48, $0.32 per 1MQwen3.8 27B: 42, $1.12 per 1MGLM-5.3: 56, $2.15 per 1MGemini 3.7 Flash: 62, $1.5 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813: 60, $0.99 per 1MGrok 4.6: 60, $3 per 1MMuse Spark 1.2: 56, $2 per 1MQwen3.8 Max: 62, $3 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash 0731: 55, $0.067 per 1MClaude Opus 5: 73, $10 per 1MGemini 3.6 Flash: 52, $1.5 per 1MGemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 35, $0.85 per 1MKimi K3: 61, $6 per 1MQwen3.7 Flash: 48, $0.055 per 1MGPT-5.6 Terra: 70, $4.5 per 1MGPT-5.6 Sol: 73, $8 per 1MGPT-5.6 Luna: 63, $0.45 per 1MGrok 4.5: 55, $3 per 1MClaude Sonnet 5: 62, $4 per 1MGLM-5.2: 54, $2.15 per 1MKimi K2.7 Code: 46, $1.71 per 1MClaude Fable 5: 75, $20 per 1MQwen3.7 Plus: 54, $0.7 per 1MClaude Opus 4.8: 67, $10 per 1MQwen3.7 Max: 53, $3.75 per 1MGemini 3.5 Flash: 54, $3.38 per 1MGPT-5.5 Instant: 42, $11.2 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Pro: 49, $0.26 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash: 27, $0.11 per 1MGPT-5.5 Pro: 72, $67.5 per 1MGPT-5.5: 68, $11.2 per 1MQwen3.6 27B: 45, $1.35 per 1MKimi K2.6: 49, $1.71 per 1MGrok 4.3: 39, $1.56 per 1MGrok Build 0.1: 23, $1.25 per 1MClaude Opus 4.7: 60, $10 per 1MQwen3.6 35B-A3B: 49, $0.84 per 1MMuse Spark 1.1: 50, $2 per 1MGLM-5.1: 51, $2.15 per 1MGemma 4 31B IT: 58, $0.25 per 1MQwen3.6 Plus: 37, $1.12 per 1MGPT-5.4 nano: 48, $0.46 per 1MGPT-5.4 mini: 44, $1.69 per 1MGPT-5.4 Pro: 67, $67.5 per 1MGPT-5.4: 64, $5.62 per 1MGemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 49, $0.56 per 1MQwen3.5 Flash: 47, $0.18 per 1MQwen3.5 9B: 53, $0.19 per 1MQwen3.5 35B-A3B: 56, $0.69 per 1MGemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 55, $4.5 per 1MClaude Sonnet 4.6: 54, $6 per 1MQwen3.5 Plus: 63, $0.9 per 1MQwen3.5 397B-A17B: 52, $1.35 per 1MGLM-5: 60, $1.55 per 1MClaude Opus 4.6: 57, $10 per 1MGLM-4.7: 48, $1 per 1MGemini 3 Flash Preview: 50, $1.12 per 1MGPT-5.2 Pro: 61, $57.8 per 1MGPT-5.2 Codex: 51, $4.81 per 1MGPT-5.2: 54, $4.81 per 1MDeepSeek V3.2: 64, $0.32 per 1MClaude Opus 4.5: 51, $10 per 1MGPT-5.1 Codex Max: 37, $3.44 per 1MGPT-5.1: 64, $3.44 per 1MMistral Small 3: 30, $0.058 per 1MMistral Small 3Price per 1M tokens →↑ Math

OpenRouter $0.05 / $0.08

The Mistral Small line

5 releases in the Mistral Small line.

Mistral Small 3Jan 30, 202546dMistral Small 3.1 24BMar 17, 202595dMistral Small 3.2Jun 20, 20250dMistral Small 3.2 24BJun 20, 2025269dMistral Small 4Mar 16, 2026

A newer release is out: Mistral Small 4.

Epoch benchmark boards

Best result on each board it has run. The tick marks the leader.

MATH level 5
45%#60 of 98

Mistral's past year

15 release days in the past year, about one every 24 days. The next is expected around Nov 13, 2026. Forecasts ↗

NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

Specifications

RELEASE DATEJan 30, 2025
WEIGHTSOpen weights
CONTEXT WINDOW32.8K
MAX OUTPUT16.4K
REASONINGNot listed
TOOL CALLINGNot listed
INPUTStext
OUTPUTStext

Models.dev record ↗

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