MistralOpen weightsJuly 10, 2025

Devstral Small

Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis

Source:Artificial Analysis scrapeType:Open weights
Intelligence
9

score

Devstral Small (Jul '25) scores 9 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, …

vs class avg: 6

Speed
70.2

output tokens/sec

Devstral Small (Jul '25) generates output at 70.2 tokens per second (based on Mistral's API), which …

Latency
1.13s

TTFT

Devstral Small (Jul '25) has a time to first token (TTFT) of 1. …

Input Price#43/74
$0.10

/ 1M tokens

Devstral Small (Jul '25) costs $0.10 per 1M input tokens (better than average, median: $0. …

Output Price#48/74
$0.30

/ 1M tokens

Devstral Small (Jul '25) costs $0.10 per 1M input tokens (better than average, median: $0. …

Decision Overview

Ethen's intelligence-driven routing assessment for this model

Overall verdict

Budget-friendly / task-specific model

Best for high-volume, simple, or domain-specific tasks where cost or speed matters more than deep reasoning.

Best for

  • Simple Q&A
  • High-throughput chat
  • Classification
  • Extraction
  • Interactive turn-taking

Weak or unsuitable

  • Complex reasoning
  • Creative writing
  • Multi-step tasks

Routing recommendation

1

Use the fit matrix to compare against cheaper routes when volume rises

Cost pressure

Competitive pricing — $0.10 / M input, $0.30 / M output. Cost pressure is low enough for sustained production use.

Model-fit matrix

Use this model where capability pays for itself; route away where volume, latency, or budget dominate.

Use caseFitReasonRouting note
Complex reasoning & agentic workflowsWeakIntelligence score 9 is better suited for straightforward tasks than multi-step reasoning.Avoid routing complex agentic tasks to this model.
High-volume chat & customer-facingStrongOutput speed 70.2 tokens/sec is adequate for chat.Suitable for chat; monitor latency under concurrent load.
Latency-sensitive applicationsStrongTTFT 1.13s — adequate latency for most interactive use cases.Suitable for real-time; test with your specific workload.
Cost-sensitive pipelinesExcellentOutput pricing at $0.30 is very competitive for high-volume workloads.Excellent for budget-constrained pipelines; enable caching to reduce costs further.

Cost pressure

Low

Pricing is competitive — input $0.10, output $0.30. Suitable for sustained production use.

Cheaper substitutes

No cheaper substitute is supported by the current price data.

Route away when

  • Extreme scale where even low costs matter

Highlights

Key benchmark results at a glance.

Intelligence

Intelligence position

Open section

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Devstral Small (Jul '25) scores 9 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it well above average among other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 6).

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)gpt-oss-120b (high): 2424AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Devstral Small: 9.39.3?Devstral Small

Speed

Speed position

Open section

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Devstral Small (Jul '25) generates output at 70.2 tokens per second (based on Mistral's API), which is below average compared to other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 102.7 t/s).

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 316316AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 248248NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 216216?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashMistral Small 3.1: 171171MiMistral Small 3.1Grok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)Mistral Small 3.2: 147147MiMistral Small 3.2Llama 3.1 8B: 144144MLlama 3.1 8BMiniMax-M3: 9595?MiniMax-M3Ministral 3 8B: 9393?Ministral 3 8BGPT-5.5 (xhigh): 8888AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Ministral 3 14B: 7878?Ministral 3 14BDevstral Small: 7070?Devstral Small

Context, Cost & Pricing

Price/value position

Open section

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Pricing is competitive — input $0.10, output $0.30. Suitable for sustained production use.

$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00$4.00$5.00DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): $0.04$0.04DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)gpt-oss-120b (high): $0.06$0.06AIgpt-oss-120b (high)MiniMax-M3: $0.12$0.12?MiniMax-M3Grok 4.3 (high): $0.14$0.14xGrok 4.3 (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: $0.24$0.24NNemotron 3 UltraKimi K2.6: $0.35$0.35KKimi K2.6GLM-5.2 (max): $0.37$0.37?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: $0.59$0.59GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-5.5 (xhigh): $0.86$0.86AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): $2.75$2.75AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…

Intelligence & Quality

Benchmark scores and quality indices measuring model capability.

AA-Omniscience Index

AA-Omniscience Index (higher is better) measures knowledge reliability and hallucination. It rewards correct answers, penalizes hallucinations, and has no penalty for refusing to answer. Scores range from -100 to 100, where 0 means as many correct as incorrect answers, and negative scores mean more incorrect than correct. · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

-100-50050Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 4040AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…Gemini 3.5 Flash: 2323GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-5.5 (xhigh): 2020AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Grok 4.3 (high): 1818xGrok 4.3 (high)Kimi K2.6: 6.46.4KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4.14.1?Muse SparkGLM-5.2 (max): 44?GLM-5.2 (max)MiniMax-M3: 1.41.4?MiniMax-M3Nemotron 3 Ultra: -0.8-0.8NNemotron 3 UltraDeepSeek V4 Pro (max): -10-10DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Devstral Small: -51.1-51.1?Devstral Small

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index by Open Weights / Proprietary

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)Devstral Small 2: 1717?Devstral Small 2

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)Devstral Small 2: 1717?Devstral Small 2

Artificial Analysis Openness Index: Score

Openness Index assesses model openness on a 0 to 100 normalized scale (higher is more open) · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

050100Nemotron 3 Ultra: 8383NNemotron 3 UltraGranite 4.1 30B: 6161?Granite 4.1 30BDeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 5050DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Gemma 3 27B: 5050?Gemma 3 27BGemma 3 12B: 5050?Gemma 3 12BDevstral Small: 4444?Devstral SmallGLM-5.2 (max): 4444?GLM-5.2 (max)gpt-oss-120b (high): 3939AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Qwen3.6 27B: 3939QQwen3.6 27BMistral Small 3.2: 3939MiMistral Small 3.2

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)Devstral Small: 9.39.3?Devstral Small

Speed & Throughput

Output tokens per second and generation throughput.

Output Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 316316AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 248248NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 216216?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashMistral Small 3.1: 171171MiMistral Small 3.1Grok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)Mistral Small 3.2: 147147MiMistral Small 3.2Llama 3.1 8B: 144144MLlama 3.1 8BMiniMax-M3: 9595?MiniMax-M3Ministral 3 8B: 9393?Ministral 3 8BDevstral Small: 7070?Devstral Small

Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 316316AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 248248NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 216216?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashGrok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: 9595?MiniMax-M3GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 8888AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Kimi K2.6: 7676KKimi K2.6DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 7272DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 7171AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…Devstral Small: 7070?Devstral Small

Latency & Response Time

Time to first token and end-to-end response latency.

End-to-End Response Time

Seconds to output 500 tokens, including reasoning model 'thinking' time · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0s2.5s5s7.5s10sQwen3.6 27B: 8.4s8.4sQQwen3.6 27BDevstral Small 2: 7.4s7.4s?Devstral Small 2Devstral Small: 7.1s7.1s?Devstral SmallClaude Fable 5 (with fallback): 7.1s7.1sAClaude Fable 5 (with fal…DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 6.9s6.9sDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 6.6s6.6sKKimi K2.6Ministral 3 14B: 6.4s6.4s?Ministral 3 14BGPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5.7s5.7sAIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Ministral 3 8B: 5.4s5.4s?Ministral 3 8BMiniMax-M3: 5.2s5.2s?MiniMax-M3

Latency: Time To First Answer Token

Seconds to first answer token received · Accounts for reasoning model 'thinking' time · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0s25s50s75s100sDeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 61s61sDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 58s58sKKimi K2.6MiniMax-M3: 21s21s?MiniMax-M3GLM-5.2 (max): 9.3s9.3s?GLM-5.2 (max)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 9.2s9.2sNNemotron 3 Ultragpt-oss-120b (high): 6.3s6.3sAIgpt-oss-120b (high)Mistral Small 3.2: 0s0sMiMistral Small 3.2Mistral Small 3.1: 0s0sMiMistral Small 3.1Ministral 3 8B: 0s0s?Ministral 3 8BMinistral 3 14B: 0s0s?Ministral 3 14BDevstral Small: 0s0s?Devstral Small

Context, Cost & Pricing

Context window size, cost per task, and token pricing.

Context Window

Context window: tokens limit · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0250k500k750k1MGemini 3.5 Flash: 1M1MGGemini 3.5 FlashClaude Fable 5 (with fallback): 1M1MAClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GLM-5.2 (max): 1M1M?GLM-5.2 (max)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 1M1MDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Grok 4.3 (high): 1M1MxGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: 1M1M?MiniMax-M3GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 922k922kAIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 262k262kNNemotron 3 UltraMuse Spark: 262k262k?Muse SparkQwen3.6 27B: 262k262kQQwen3.6 27BDevstral Small: 256k256k?Devstral Small

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task, segmented by token type. Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

00.51Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 0.40.4AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 0.10.1AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 0.10.1GGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.6 27B: 00QQwen3.6 27BGLM-5.2 (max): 00?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: 00KKimi K2.6Nemotron 3 Ultra: 00NNemotron 3 UltraMiniMax-M3: 00?MiniMax-M3Grok 4.3 (high): 00xGrok 4.3 (high)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 00DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)

Cost per Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00$4.00$5.00Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): $2.75$2.75AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): $0.86$0.86AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: $0.59$0.59GGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-5.2 (max): $0.37$0.37?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: $0.35$0.35KKimi K2.6Nemotron 3 Ultra: $0.24$0.24NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): $0.14$0.14xGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: $0.12$0.12?MiniMax-M3gpt-oss-120b (high): $0.06$0.06AIgpt-oss-120b (high)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): $0.04$0.04DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)

Cost to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Cost (USD) to run all evaluations in the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0200400600Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 508508AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 132132AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 114114GGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.6 27B: 8888QQwen3.6 27BNemotron 3 Ultra: 3434NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 3333?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: 2525KKimi K2.6MiniMax-M3: 1515?MiniMax-M3Grok 4.3 (high): 1313xGrok 4.3 (high)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 7.27.2DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)

Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output

Price (USD per M Tokens) · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0250k500k750k1MClaude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6161AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 3636AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 1111GGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-5.2 (max): 6.16.1?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: 5.15.1KKimi K2.6Qwen3.6 27B: 4.24.2QQwen3.6 27BGrok 4.3 (high): 44xGrok 4.3 (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 3.63.6NNemotron 3 UltraMiniMax-M3: 1.61.6?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 1.31.3DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Devstral Small: 0.40.4?Devstral Smallcache Hitinputoutput

Time per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average decode time (minutes) per task; excludes TTFT and overhead time · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0510Kimi K2.6: 8.28.2KKimi K2.6DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 6.76.7DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 4.84.8AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…MiniMax-M3: 44?MiniMax-M3Qwen3.6 27B: 33QQwen3.6 27BGPT-5.5 (xhigh): 33AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 2.82.8?GLM-5.2 (max)Ministral 3 8B: 2.52.5?Ministral 3 8BMinistral 3 14B: 2.22.2?Ministral 3 14BGemini 3.5 Flash: 2.22.2GGemini 3.5 FlashDevstral Small 2: 1.41.4?Devstral Small 2

Architecture & Scale

Model size, parameters, and architectural details.

Model Size: Total and Active Parameters

Comparison between total model parameters and parameters active during inference · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0250k500k750k1MDeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 1.6k1.6kDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 1k1kKKimi K2.6GLM-5.2 (max): 753753?GLM-5.2 (max)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 550550NNemotron 3 UltraMiniMax-M3: 428428?MiniMax-M3gpt-oss-120b (high): 117117AIgpt-oss-120b (high)EXAONE 4.5 33B: 3434?EXAONE 4.5 33BGranite 4.1 30B: 3030?Granite 4.1 30BQwen3.6 27B: 2828QQwen3.6 27BGemma 3 27B: 2727?Gemma 3 27BDevstral Small: 2424?Devstral Smallpassive Paramsactive Params

Specifications

Technical Specifications

Devstral Small (Jul '25) scores 9 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it well above average among other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 6). Devstral Small (Jul '25) generates output at 70.2 tokens per second (based on Mistral's API), which is below average compared to other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 102.7 t/s). Devstral Small (Jul '25) costs $0.10 per 1M input tokens (better than average, median: $0.15) and $0.30 per 1M output tokens (better than average, median: $0.32), based on Mistral's API.

Devstral Small

Model type
Open weights
Reasoning
No
Input modalities
Devstral Small (Jul '25) supports text input.
Output modalities
Devstral Small (Jul '25) supports text output.
Context window
260k tokens
Open weights / source
Yes, Devstral Small (Jul '25) is open weights. The model weights are publicly available and can be downloaded for self-hosting.
Parameters
Devstral Small (Jul '25) has 24 billion parameters.
License
Devstral Small (Jul '25) is released under the Apache 2.0 license. This license allows commercial use.
API availability
Yes, Devstral Small (Jul '25) is available via API through 1 provider.

Methodology & Provenance

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