Mistral Small (latest)

MistralMCP Tool CallReasoning
mistral/mistral-small-latestOpen Weights

Efficient Mistral model for fast chat, extraction, and production assistants

Benchmark Pricing$0.15 / 1M in$0.60 / 1M out$0.01 cache read
Context: 256,000 tokens•Max Output: 256,000 tokens•Knowledge: 2025-06•Released: 2026-03-16

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Context Window256,000256K tokens
Max Output256,000256K tokens
LicenseOpen SourceSelf-hostable
Input Modalities
TextVision
Function / Tool CallingSupported (MCP Ready)
Structured OutputsGuaranteed Schema

MODEL CONTEXT PROTOCOL (MCP) READINESS

✓ Mistral Small (latest) natively supports OpenAI / Anthropic format tool calling and is fully compatible with MCP servers and agent loops.

MCP Context Window Recommendations

With a context capacity of 256,000 tokens, this model can handle moderately large MCP tool definitions and multi-turn conversation logs comfortably.

API CALL INVOCATION EXAMPLE

// Example: Calling Mistral Small (latest) via OpenAI SDK
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env.MISTRAL_API_KEY,
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "mistral/mistral-small-latest",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello! Can you inspect MCP tools?" }],
});

console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

PRICING BY PROVIDER

5 providers
Mistralmistral-small-latest
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Tempr Gatewaymistral/mistral-small-latest
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Vercel AI Gatewaymistral/mistral-small
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Eden AImistral/mistral-small-latest
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Merge Gatewaymistral/mistral-small-latest
$0.15 / $0.60

Rates in USD per 1M tokens. Rates synchronized from models.dev public catalog.

Prompt Caching Active

This model supports prompt caching at $0.01 / 1M tokens, saving up to 90% on repetitive MCP tool definitions and system instructions.