Mistral: Pixtral 12B
Analysis Summary
Pixtral 12B is Mistral's 12-billion parameter vision model, supporting text and image inputs at $0.10 per million tokens for both input and output. The 32K context window is modest, and no benchmark data is available to assess reasoning or instruction-following quality directly.
For businesses, the low price point and vision capability make it a candidate for lightweight image-to-text tasks such as image captioning, visual content moderation, or document OCR workflows. Mistral's reputation for efficient small models suggests reasonable quality for its size, but this cannot be confirmed without benchmarks.
Teams needing a cheap vision model for high-volume, lower-stakes tasks may find it cost-effective. For anything requiring strong reasoning, long context, or reliable instruction following, larger benchmarked alternatives are more appropriate.
Assessed July 10, 2026
Editorial notes
Mistral Pixtral 12B is a compact vision model from Mistral with image understanding at very low cost, but no benchmark data limits capability assessment and the 32K context is modest.
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DFO Verdict
Mistral Pixtral 12B is a compact vision model from Mistral with image understanding at very low cost, but no benchmark data limits capability assessment and the 32K context is modest.
How Mistral: Pixtral 12B compares
Its 33K-token context window is larger than 27% of the models we list. At $0.10 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 70% 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.
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| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.10 | $0.000100 |
| Output | $0.10 | $0.000100 |
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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.
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Talk to our teamAbout Mistral: Pixtral 12B
The first multi-modal, text+image-to-text model from Mistral AI. Its weights were launched via torrent: https://x.com/mistralai/status/1833758285167722836.
Frequently asked questions about Mistral: Pixtral 12B
How much does Mistral: Pixtral 12B cost?
Mistral: Pixtral 12B costs $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.10 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Mistral: Pixtral 12B?
Mistral: Pixtral 12B has a context window of 32,768 tokens (33K).
What can Mistral: Pixtral 12B do?
Mistral: Pixtral 12B supports image/vision input.
Who created Mistral: Pixtral 12B?
Mistral: Pixtral 12B is developed by Mistral and was released on September 10, 2024.
