Mistral: Mistral Small Creative
Analysis Summary
Mistral: Mistral Small Creative sits in the Efficient tier on our leaderboard, ranked #273 of 556 published models on overall intelligence. At $0.100 input and $0.300 output per 1M tokens, it is among the most expensive on the market. It offers a mid-sized context window and supports tool use and function calling.
Editorial notes
Mistral Small Creative is a low-cost, lightweight model with tool use support, but its intelligence index of 10.2 and weak coding benchmarks make it unsuitable for demanding business workflows.
Assessed May 14, 2026
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Performance Profile
Mistral Small Creative is an experimental small model designed for creative writing, narrative generation, roleplay and character-driven dialogue, general-purpose instruction following, and conversational agents.
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Model Information
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.10 | $0.000100 |
| Output | $0.30 | $0.000300 |
