Models · Best cheap
Mistral Small 3
by Mistral
Mistral Small 3 is a 24B-parameter language model optimized for low-latency performance across common AI tasks.
Our verdict
We have not reviewed Mistral Small 3 yet
No one at Enterprise DNA has checked this listing against its sources. The description comes from public listings gathered automatically. Any fact below shows where it came from and when it was last checked.
From the listing
About Mistral Small 3
Mistral Small 3 is a 24B-parameter language model optimized for low-latency performance across common AI tasks.
Notes
Mistral Small 3 is listed in the EDNA Models directory from the OpenRouter catalogue.
Key facts
What we have checked
- Input price
- $0.050 per million tokens
- Output price
- $0.080 per million tokens
- Price on deepinfra
- $0.050 per million input tokens
- Price on deepinfra
- $0.080 per million output tokens
- Latest version
- mistralai/mistral-small-24b-instruct-2501
- Time to first token (ms)
- 1,030
- Time to first token (ms) on deepinfra
- 304
- Output speed (tokens a second)
- 52.6
- Output speed (tokens a second) on deepinfra
- 58
- Gpqa diamond
- 47.3% (for 25 Jan 2025)
- Math level 5
- 44.8% (for 25 Jan 2025)
- Otis mock aime 2024 2025
- 6.7% (saturated benchmark: the top models all score near the ceiling) (for 25 Jan 2025)
Each value shows when we last confirmed it and where it came from. Values we have not confirmed are left out, never guessed.
API access
How to call it
Call via OpenRouter with model id `mistralai/mistral-small-24b-instruct-2501`.
- openrouter ·
mistralai/mistral-small-24b-instruct-2501· Docs
OpenRouter id: mistralai/mistral-small-24b-instruct-2501
Price
What Mistral Small 3 costs, over time
$0.050 to $0.050
$0.080 to $0.080
Prices by host
| Host | Price | Over time | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| deepinfraInput | $0.050 per million input tokensSince 24 Oct 2026 | No change recorded | OpenRouter models API |
| deepinfraOutput | $0.080 per million output tokensSince 24 Oct 2026 | No change recorded | OpenRouter models API |
Usage
How much Mistral Small 3 is used
1.7B to 639.7M
Scores
How Mistral Small 3 scores
Each score comes from the named source and shows when we last confirmed it. A flag means the score needs care.
| Score | Value | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | 6.7indexAs of 26 Oct 2026 | Artificial Analysis via OpenRouter | |
| Gpqa diamond (best-across-versions) | 47.3percentAs of 25 Jan 2025 | Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0) | |
| Math level 5 (best-across-versions) | 44.8percentAs of 25 Jan 2025 | Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0) | |
| Otis mock aime 2024 2025 (best-across-versions)Saturated | 6.7percentAs of 25 Jan 2025 | Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0) |
- Saturated
- Top models score close to the maximum, so this test no longer separates them.
Sources
Where this comes from
- OpenRouter models APIRegistry
- OpenRouter models APIThird party
- OpenRouter models APIOfficial
- Artificial AnalysisThird party
- Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)Third party
- Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)Third party
- Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)Third party
A source shows what was published when we checked it. It does not certify security, performance or a working installation. Read our method.
Changelog
What changed
No changes recorded yet. Releases, price changes and deprecations appear here, with their dates, once we track them for this record.
USAGE / OPENROUTER
How much Mistral Small 3 is used
Tokens processed through OpenRouter each day. It shows what developers actually run, not every company's private traffic.
- Tokens, last 7 days
- 9.9B ▼10.1%
- Requests, last 7 days
- 2.9M
- Tool calls, last 7 days
- —
- Price per million tokens
- $0.05 in · $0.08 out
MODEL FIELD GUIDE / SOURCE EVIDENCE
What you can do with Mistral Small 3.
Listed specifications; no EDNA task evaluation has been run. Sources checked 2026-11-07. Hosting routes and app features can differ.
mistralai/mistral-small-24b-instruct-2501- Tool calling
- Not established
- Structured output
- Listed support
- Reasoning controls
- Not established
- Availability
- available
- Price basis
- token
- Licence verification
- Apache 2.0, open weights
- Context length
- 33K tokens
- Knowledge cutoff
- 31 Oct 2023
- Developer release date
- Not established
- First seen in the catalogue
- 30 Jan 2025
- Listed retirement date
- Not established
Inspect the sources and their scope
mistralai/mistral-small-24b-instruct-2501: listed route capabilities, availability and prices; provider endpoints can differ.
Checked 2026-11-07Source for first seen, context length, input, knowledge cutoff, output, structured output.
Checked 2026-11-07Licence declared in the mistralai/Mistral-Small-24B-Instruct-2501 model repository on Hugging Face, which holds the weights files. Read the licence terms before use.
Checked 2026-11-07FROM SPECIFICATIONS TO YOUR WORK
Is this the right model for your job?
Start with a realistic sample. These workflows match the model’s listed capabilities, not a verified result on your task.
What would it cost?
Pick a common job and how many times a month you run it. Token sizes are our assumption for a typical run, shown under the result.
Enter a whole number of runs from 1 to 100,000,000.
Working out the cost...
Token prices only. Per-request, image, tool, storage and subscription fees are not included. One token is about three quarters of an English word. Real counts vary by model and language. How tokens are counted ↗
Check the source
Price date: 10 Nov 2026, from OpenRouter models API. Prices are USD API token rates. Your app subscription, uploads, browsing and tools are separate.
Model source & availability ↗Understand the evidence
Listed capabilities and third-party benchmark scores do not establish Enterprise DNA task-test results. Validate accuracy and total cost on your own sample.
Intelligence Index: 6.7 (2026-10-26) ↗Get the free Developer’s Field Guide
A 27-page field guide to the AI coding workflow with Claude. Claude Code, MCP servers, the prompt patterns that work, and what to delegate. Free.
Enter your work email. We send it straight over, plus a few short notes worth knowing. Unsubscribe any time.