Mistral Small (Feb ’24)
Analysis Summary
Mistral Small from February 2024 is an early, low-cost model in Mistral's lineup, with reasoning and knowledge benchmarks well below current standards. It has no reported coding or agentic performance data.
Its low pricing makes it usable for simple classification, summarisation, or templated content generation where accuracy requirements are modest. It is not suited to complex reasoning, coding, or long-document analysis.
Businesses should treat it as a budget filler for lightweight automation rather than a primary content or reasoning engine.
Assessed July 29, 2026
Editorial notes
Mistral Small (Feb '24) is an inexpensive early-generation model with limited reasoning depth, suited only to basic text tasks.
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DFO Verdict
Mistral Small (Feb '24) is an inexpensive early-generation model with limited reasoning depth, suited only to basic text tasks.
How Mistral Small (Feb ’24) compares
Mistral Small (Feb ’24) ranks #357 of 401 AI models we track for overall intelligence. At $1.00 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 28% of comparable models.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Strongest on value. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.
Compare shapes side-by-side →Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $1.00 | $0.001000 |
| Output | $3.00 | $0.003000 |
What would Mistral Small (Feb ’24) cost your business?
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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.
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We route routine calls to cheap models and save Mistral Small (Feb ’24) for the hard ones. Most clients cut their estimate by 60-80%.
Talk to our teamFrequently asked questions about Mistral Small (Feb ’24)
How much does Mistral Small (Feb ’24) cost?
Mistral Small (Feb ’24) costs $1.00 per million input tokens and $3.00 per million output tokens.
Who created Mistral Small (Feb ’24)?
Mistral Small (Feb ’24) is developed by Mistral and was released on February 26, 2024.
