Mistral: Mistral 7B Instruct
Analysis Summary
Mistral 7B Instruct is Mistral AI's compact model, available at $0.20 per million tokens for both input and output. Its benchmark scores are among the lowest in the current landscape, with an intelligence index of 2.1 and weak coding and reasoning performance across all measured dimensions.
For businesses, it is only appropriate for the simplest text generation tasks: short summaries, basic classification, or template-filling where answer quality is not critical. The 32K context window is adequate for short documents, but the lack of tool use, vision, or function calling limits its applicability to straightforward text-in, text-out workflows.
Its primary advantage is cost. Teams with very high volumes of simple, low-stakes tasks may find it economical, but numerous newer small models now offer substantially better performance at comparable or lower prices. It is not recommended for client-facing or quality-sensitive applications.
Assessed June 17, 2026
Editorial notes
Mistral 7B Instruct is a small, very cheap model from Mistral AI with limited reasoning and coding capability, suited only to simple text tasks where cost is the primary constraint.
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Performance Profile
How Mistral: Mistral 7B Instruct compares
Mistral: Mistral 7B Instruct ranks #360 of 380 AI models we track for overall intelligence. Its 33K-token context window is larger than 32% of the models we list. At $0.20 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 53% of comparable models.
About Mistral: Mistral 7B Instruct
A high-performing, industry-standard 7.3B parameter model, with optimizations for speed and context length. *Mistral 7B Instruct has multiple version variants, and this is intended to be the latest version.*
Architecture Detail
| Instruct Type | mistral |
Benchmark Scores
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Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face
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Model Information
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.20 | $0.000200 |
| Output | $0.20 | $0.000200 |
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Frequently asked questions about Mistral: Mistral 7B Instruct
How much does Mistral: Mistral 7B Instruct cost?
Mistral: Mistral 7B Instruct costs $0.20 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Mistral: Mistral 7B Instruct?
Mistral: Mistral 7B Instruct has a context window of 32,768 tokens (33K).
Who created Mistral: Mistral 7B Instruct?
Mistral: Mistral 7B Instruct is developed by Mistral and was released on May 27, 2024.
