Mistral Small 3

Fast, Versatile Open AI for Text, Images & Automation

What is Mistral Small 3?

Mistral Small 3 is a lightweight, high-performance generative AI model with 24 billion parameters, designed for maximum efficiency and adaptability. Released under the Apache 2.0 license, it’s fully open source and accessible for enterprise, research, or consumer applications. Mistral Small 3 delivers robust language, multimodal image understanding, long-context support, multilingual capabilities, and low-latency inference, all while running on affordable hardware for local deployments.

Key Features of Mistral Small 3

Outstanding Speed & Efficiency

Processes up to 150 tokens per second and is optimized for quick, accurate responses, even on consumer GPUs or a Mac with 32GB RAM.

Multimodal & Multilingual

Handles both text and images, and supports over 21 languages. Excels in OCR, document analysis, and cross-lingual tasks.

Long Context & Robust Reasoning

Supports up to 128,000 tokens of context and surpasses many larger models in reasoning, QA, and summarization benchmarks.

JSON Function Calling & Agent Use

Responds to function call instructions, outputs structured data on demand, and fits agent workflows like LangChain.

Fine-Tuning & Customization

Open weights and checkpoints for both pre-trained and instruction-tuned versions allow for full customization and domain-specific expert models.

Use Cases of Mistral Small 3

Delivers fast, natural responses for virtual assistants in customer support, scheduling, and help desks.

Runs locally on desktops or edge devices for private, low-latency tasks, ideal for organizations handling sensitive data.

Extracts content from receipts, PDFs, or photos; powers document verification and visual inspection in QA and security.

Acts as a real-time “brain” for agents, powering workflows with function-calling and agentic behavior.

Used in financial fraud detection, healthcare triage, automation, vertical support bots, and multilingual content analysis

Mistral Small 3

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Other Leading Models

Feature	Mistral Small 3	Gemma 3	GPT-4o Mini	Claude 3.7
Parameters	24B	4–27B	Undisclosed	25B (est.)
Speed (tokens/s)	150	~85	~85	~80
Multimodal	Text, image	Text, image (some)	Text, image	Text, image
Context Window	128,000	128,000	128,000	128,000
License	Apache 2.0 (open)	Proprietary/open	Proprietary	Proprietary
Hardware	Desktop/edge-capable	Cloud/edge	Cloud	Cloud