Mistral Small 3
Mistral Mistral Small 3 — pricing, 33k context window, API cost calculator and alternatives.
By Mistral
Specs
- Provider
- Mistral
- Slug
- mistralai/mistral-small-24b-instruct-2501
- Capabilities
- json_mode
Pricing freshness
- Tier
- standard
- Currency
- USD
- As of
- 2026-05-08 17:08 UTC
Pricing history
Tracking Mistral Small 3 pricing since 2026-05-08. We'll plot the chart here once it changes.
Quickstart — call Mistral Small 3 from your app
curl https://api.mistral.ai/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $MISTRAL_API_KEY" \
-d '{
"model": "mistral-small-24b-instruct-2501",
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
}'Official docs: https://docs.mistral.ai/api/
# pip install openai
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.mistral.ai/v1",
api_key=os.environ["MISTRAL_API_KEY"],
)
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="mistral-small-24b-instruct-2501",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)Official docs: https://docs.mistral.ai/api/
// npm install openai
import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({
baseURL: "https://api.mistral.ai/v1",
apiKey: process.env.MISTRAL_API_KEY,
});
const resp = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "mistral-small-24b-instruct-2501",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(resp.choices[0].message.content);Official docs: https://docs.mistral.ai/api/
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Frequently asked questions
What is Mistral Small 3?
Mistral Small 3 is a large language model API from Mistral with a 33k-token context window. It costs $0.05 per 1M input tokens and $0.08 per 1M output tokens.
How much does Mistral Small 3 cost?
Mistral Small 3 is priced at $0.05 per 1M input tokens and $0.08 per 1M output tokens via the Mistral API. A 50/50 input/output workload of 1M total tokens costs about $0.065.
What is the context window of Mistral Small 3?
Mistral Small 3 supports up to 33k tokens of context per request — roughly 66 pages of English text or 4096 lines of code at a typical density.
Does Mistral Small 3 support vision, tool use, or JSON mode?
Mistral Small 3 supports structured JSON mode. It does not support image input (vision) and tool/function calling.
Who makes Mistral Small 3?
Mistral Small 3 is built and operated by Mistral. Pricing, context window, and capabilities on this page are refreshed nightly from Mistral's public catalog.
Can I self-host Mistral Small 3?
Mistral Small 3 is API-only — its weights are not publicly distributed by Mistral, so it cannot be self-hosted today.