Mistral: Mistral Small 3
Analysis Summary
Mistral: Mistral Small 3 sits in the Efficient tier on our leaderboard, ranked #201 of 556 published models on overall intelligence. At $0.050 input and $0.080 output per 1M tokens, it is among the most expensive on the market. It offers a mid-sized context window.
Editorial notes
Mistral Small 3 is affordable at $0.05 input with a reasonable agentic score, but its intelligence index is low and math capability is very weak, limiting it to simple, cost-sensitive tasks.
Assessed May 14, 2026
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Performance Profile
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..
Performance Indices
Source: Artificial Analysis
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 | $0.05 | $0.000050 |
| Output | $0.08 | $0.000080 |
Live Performance
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