Intelligence
7
score
Mistral Small 3 scores 7 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it …
vs class avg: 6
Mistral•Open weights•January 30, 2025
Mistral Small 3
Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis
Source:Artificial Analysis scrapeType:Open weights
Speed
165.6
output tokens/sec
Mistral Small 3 generates output at 165.6 tokens per second (based on Mistral's API), which is well …
Latency
0.77s
TTFT
Mistral Small 3 has a time to first token (TTFT) of 0.77s (based on Mistral's API), which is very …
Input Price#43/74
$0.10
/ 1M tokens
Mistral Small 3 costs $0.10 per 1M input tokens (better than average, median: $0.15) and $0. …
Output Price#48/74
$0.30
/ 1M tokens
Mistral Small 3 costs $0.10 per 1M input tokens (better than average, median: $0.15) and $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
- Low-latency chat
- 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 case | Fit | Reason | Routing note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Complex reasoning & agentic workflows | Weak | Intelligence score 7 is better suited for straightforward tasks than multi-step reasoning. | Avoid routing complex agentic tasks to this model. |
| High-volume chat & customer-facing | Strong | Output speed 165.6 tokens/sec is adequate for chat. | Suitable for chat; monitor latency under concurrent load. |
| Latency-sensitive applications | Excellent | TTFT 0.77s — among the lowest latencies, suitable for interactive latency-critical use cases. | Good first choice for real-time applications. |
| Cost-sensitive pipelines | Excellent | Output pricing at $0.30 is very competitive for high-volume workloads. | Excellent for budget-constrained pipelines; enable caching to reduce costs further. |
Cost pressure
LowPricing 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
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Mistral Small 3 scores 7 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it above average among other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 6).
Speed
Speed position
Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Mistral Small 3 generates output at 165.6 tokens per second (based on Mistral's API), which is well above average compared to other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 101.8 t/s).
Context, Cost & Pricing
Price/value position
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.
Intelligence & Quality
Benchmark scores and quality indices measuring model capability.
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.
Higher values indicate stronger overall capability. Bars show how models compare on composite intelligence metrics.
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.
Higher values indicate stronger overall capability. Bars show how models compare on composite intelligence metrics.
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.
Bars intentionally show many models at once so the page feels like a benchmark report rather than a dashboard.
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.
Higher values indicate stronger overall capability. Bars show how models compare on composite intelligence metrics.
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.
Speed should be read together with latency and cost; fast output does not always mean better user-perceived performance.
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.
Speed should be read together with latency and cost; fast output does not always mean better user-perceived performance.
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.
Bars intentionally show many models at once so the page feels like a benchmark report rather than a dashboard.
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.
Latency includes thinking / reasoning time when applicable. Lower is better for interactive use cases.
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.
Larger context windows enable complex multi-turn tasks but may increase latency and cost for long inputs.
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.
Higher values indicate stronger overall capability. Bars show how models compare on composite intelligence metrics.
Ethen Gateway should route away from this model when the task is simple, repetitive, or likely to generate many output tokens.
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.
Ethen Gateway should route away from this model when the task is simple, repetitive, or likely to generate many output tokens.
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.
Higher values indicate stronger overall capability. Bars show how models compare on composite intelligence metrics.
Ethen Gateway should route away from this model when the task is simple, repetitive, or likely to generate many output tokens.
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.
Bars intentionally show many models at once so the page feels like a benchmark report rather than a dashboard.
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.
Higher values indicate stronger overall capability. Bars show how models compare on composite intelligence metrics.
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.
Larger models generally perform better but cost more to serve. Active parameter count matters for inference efficiency.
Specifications
Technical Specifications
Mistral Small 3 scores 7 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it above average among other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 6). Mistral Small 3 generates output at 165.6 tokens per second (based on Mistral's API), which is well above average compared to other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 101.8 t/s). Mistral Small 3 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.
Mistral Small 3
- Model type
- Open weights
- Reasoning
- No
- Input modalities
- Mistral Small 3 supports text input.
- Output modalities
- Mistral Small 3 supports text output.
- Context window
- 32k tokens
- Open weights / source
- Yes, Mistral Small 3 is open weights. The model weights are publicly available and can be downloaded for self-hosting.
- Parameters
- Mistral Small 3 has 24 billion parameters.
- License
- Mistral Small 3 is released under the Apache 2.0 license. This license allows commercial use.
- API availability
- Yes, Mistral Small 3 is available via API through 2 providers.
Methodology & Provenance
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Time per Intelligence Index Task: https://artificialanalysis.ai/models/mistral-small-3
Frequently Asked Questions
Mistral Small 3 was released on January 30, 2025.
Mistral Small 3 was created by Mistral.
Mistral Small 3 scores 7 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it above average among other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 6).