Mistral Small 3.1 24B

Mistral chatvisiontool_use

API ID: mistralai/mistral-small-3.1-24b-instruct-2503

Input Price
$0.03
/1M tokens
Output Price
$0.11
/1M tokens

About Mistral Small 3.1 24B

Mistral Small is Mistral AI's efficient model, optimized for high-volume applications requiring fast responses and low costs. Despite its compact size, it delivers impressive performance on general tasks, outperforming many larger models from previous generations. The model excels at straightforward conversation, content generation, summarization, and basic coding tasks. Mistral Small features fast inference times suitable for real-time applications and interactive experiences. It supports function calling and JSON mode for structured outputs. The model is particularly valuable for customer-facing applications, chatbots, and high-throughput processing where cost optimization is critical. Mistral Small offers European data residency options, appealing to organizations with GDPR compliance requirements. For developers seeking capable AI at minimal cost with European provider benefits, Mistral Small provides an excellent entry point to Mistral's ecosystem. It's widely used for initial processing stages and applications where simpler tasks don't justify larger model costs.

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Price Ranking
#591 lowest price among 950 Chat models

Model Specifications

Context Length
128k
Max Output
โ€”
Release Date
2025-03-17
Capabilities
chat vision tool_use
Input Modalities
textimage
Output Modalities
text

Best For

  • Image analysis, document understanding, visual Q&A
  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

๐Ÿ’ฐ Real-World Cost Examples

Estimated monthly costs for common use cases

Personal AI Assistant
$0.05
/month
50 conversations/day, ~500 tokens each
Customer Service Bot
$1.44
/month
1000 tickets/day, ~800 tokens each

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๐Ÿš€ Quick Start

Get started with Mistral Small 3.1 24B API

OpenAI-compatible SDK
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.provider.com/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="mistralai/mistral-small-3.1-24b-instruct-2503",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)