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# Mistral Small 3

> Mistral Small 3 by Mistral AI, released January 2025. Ranked #278 of 354 with a Noometry Index of 31.2. API: $0.05 in / $0.08 out per M tokens. 33K context. Scores, sources and comparisons.
- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/models/mistral-small-3
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Title: Mistral Small 3 Benchmarks, Price & Rank (October 2026)

Mistral Small 3 by Mistral AI ranks 278th of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 31.2. Its strongest category is coding, where it ranks 207th. API pricing starts at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens, with a 33K-token context window.

Last verified October 10, 2026

## Specifications

- **Noometry rank:** #278 of 354
- **Index score:** 31.2
- **Evidence:** Confirmed 24 results
- **Provider:** [![](/logos/mistral.svg) Mistral AI](https://noometry.com/providers/mistral)
- **Released:** January 30, 2025
- **Weights:** Open weights
- **Reasoning:** Unknown
- **Context window:** 33K
- **Max output:** 16K
- **Input price:** $0.05 / M
- **Output price:** $0.08 / M
- **Blended price:** $0.0575 / M
- **Output speed:** Not measured
- **Value:** #5 of 219
- **Knowledge cutoff:** Unknown
- **Input:** text
- **Hugging Face:** [mistralai/Mistral-Small-24B-Instruct-2501](https://huggingface.co/mistralai/Mistral-Small-24B-Instruct-2501)

## Category scores

Each category score combines every public result we have in that category.

Mistral Small 3 category scores

1.  Coding 36.5
2.  Reasoning 18.9
3.  Math 16.3
4.  Knowledge 25.1
5.  Multilingual 37.3
6.  Instruction Following 63.7
7.  Long Context 37.8
8.  Writing & Preference 32.2
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Mistral Small 3 category ranks
| Category | Score | Rank | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Coding](https://noometry.com/best/coding) | 36.5 | #207 | 3 |
| [Reasoning](https://noometry.com/best/reasoning) | 18.9 | #273 | 2 |
| [Math](https://noometry.com/best/math) | 16.3 | #295 | 2 |
| [Knowledge](https://noometry.com/best/knowledge) | 25.1 | #263 | 3 |
| [Multilingual](https://noometry.com/best/multilingual) | 37.3 | #236 | 1 |
| [Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/best/instruction-following) | 63.7 | #229 | 1 |
| [Long Context](https://noometry.com/best/long-context) | 37.8 | #211 | 1 |
| [Writing & Preference](https://noometry.com/best/writing) | 32.2 | #280 | 4 |

## Strengths and weaknesses

Categories where Mistral Small 3 places highest and lowest among the models ranked in each, with its score against that category's median.

### Strongest categories

Mistral Small 3: strongest categories
| Category | Score | vs median | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Coding](https://noometry.com/best/coding) | 36.5 | −2.2 | #207 of 340, top 61% |
| [Long Context](https://noometry.com/best/long-context) | 37.8 | −3.1 | #211 of 296, top 72% |
| [Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/best/instruction-following) | 63.7 | −7.6 | #229 of 305, top 76% |

### Weakest categories

Mistral Small 3: weakest categories
| Category | Score | vs median | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Math](https://noometry.com/best/math) | 16.3 | −20.3 | #295 of 327, top 91% |
| [Writing & Preference](https://noometry.com/best/writing) | 32.2 | −21.6 | #280 of 312, top 90% |
| [Knowledge](https://noometry.com/best/knowledge) | 25.1 | −12.2 | #263 of 314, top 84% |

## Closest competitors

The models ranked just above and below Mistral Small 3. When scores are this close, price and speed are often the better way to choose.

Models ranked closest to Mistral Small 3
| Model | Rank | Score | Blended $/M | Speed |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Wizardlm 13b](https://noometry.com/models/wizardlm-13b) | #274 | 31.4 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-small-3-vs-wizardlm-13b) |
| [Qwen-14B](https://noometry.com/models/qwen-14b) | #275 | 31.4 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-small-3-vs-qwen-14b) |
| [Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024](https://noometry.com/models/phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-june) | #276 | 31.3 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-small-3-vs-phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-june) |
| [Gemma 1.1 7b IT](https://noometry.com/models/gemma-1-1-7b-it) | #277 | 31.3 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-1-1-7b-it-vs-mistral-small-3) |
| [Phi-4](https://noometry.com/models/phi-4) | #279 | 31.2 | $0.0875 | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-small-3-vs-phi-4) |
| [Mistral Small 3.2](https://noometry.com/models/mistral-small-3-2) | #280 | 31.2 | $0.13 | 68 | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-small-3-vs-mistral-small-3-2) |
| [Amazon Nova Pro](https://noometry.com/models/amazon-nova-pro) | #281 | 31.0 | $1.40 | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-pro-vs-mistral-small-3) |
| [Llama 4 Maverick](https://noometry.com/models/llama-4-maverick) | #282 | 30.9 | $0.30 | 456 | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/llama-4-maverick-vs-mistral-small-3) |

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## Benchmark results

Every published result we track, with its source. Bold rows are the ones used for ranking; where several exist we prefer independent runs over self-reported numbers.

### Coding

Mistral Small 3 Coding benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [BigCodeBench Instruct](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/bigcodebench-instruct) | 45.3% | #20 of 64, top 32% |  | [BigCodeBench](https://bigcode-bench.github.io/) | 2025-01-31 |
| [LMArena Coding](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-coding) | 1246 | #227 of 294, top 78% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [BigCodeBench Complete](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/bigcodebench-complete) | 50.4% | #32 of 66, top 49% |  | [BigCodeBench](https://bigcode-bench.github.io/) | 2025-01-31 |

### Reasoning

Mistral Small 3 Reasoning benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Chess Puzzles](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/chess-puzzles) | 0% | #124 of 129, top 97% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) | 2026-08-30 |
| [LMArena Hard Prompts](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-hard-prompts) | 1233 | #228 of 297, top 77% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [Epoch Capabilities Index](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/epoch-capabilities-index) | 127.07 | #151 of 213, top 71% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/eci) | 2025-01-30 |

### Math

Mistral Small 3 Math benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/otis-mock-aime) | 6.7% | #143 of 173, top 83% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) | 2026-08-30 |
| [LMArena Math](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-math) | 1240 | #220 of 285, top 78% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Knowledge

Mistral Small 3 Knowledge benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [GPQA Diamond](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/gpqa-diamond) | 47.3% | #137 of 186, top 74% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) | 2026-08-30 |
| [Confabulations](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/confabulations) (lower is better) | 25.2% | #42 of 51, top 83% |  | [Lech Mazur benchmarks](https://github.com/lechmazur/confabulations) |  |
| [LMArena Expert](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-expert) | 1202 | #221 of 273, top 81% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Multilingual

Mistral Small 3 Multilingual benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Non-English](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-non-english) | 1198 | #236 of 297, top 80% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Chinese](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-chinese) | 1204 | #232 of 285, top 82% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena French](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-french) | 1203 | #192 of 223, top 87% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena German](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-german) | 1211 | #188 of 231, top 82% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Japanese](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-japanese) | 1111 | #185 of 211, top 88% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Korean](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-korean) | 1188 | #166 of 213, top 78% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Russian](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-russian) | 1216 | #229 of 283, top 81% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Instruction Following

Mistral Small 3 Instruction Following benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-instruction-following) | 1214 | #230 of 298, top 78% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Long Context

Mistral Small 3 Long Context benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Longer Query](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-longer-query) | 1246 | #223 of 291, top 77% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Writing & Preference

Mistral Small 3 Writing & Preference benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Text](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-text) | 1234 | #228 of 297, top 77% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Creative Writing](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-creative-writing) | 1195 | #236 of 295, top 80% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [EQ-Bench Creative Writing](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/eqbench-creative-writing) | 707 | #110 of 115, top 96% |  | [EQ-Bench](https://eqbench.com/creative_writing.html) |  |
| [LMArena Multi-Turn](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-multi-turn) | 1217 | #233 of 295, top 79% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

## API pricing by provider

Mistral Small 3 API prices
| Route | Input $/M | Output $/M | Cached input $/M | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [openrouter](https://openrouter.ai/mistralai/mistral-small-24b-instruct-2501) | $0.05 | $0.08 | — | 2026-10-10 |

[All Mistral AI API prices →](https://noometry.com/llm-pricing/mistral) [Estimate your cost →](https://noometry.com/tools/cost-calculator)

## Compare Mistral Small 3

-   [Mistral Small 3 vs Mistral Small](https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-small-vs-mistral-small-3)
-   [Mistral Small 3 vs Gemma 1.1 7b IT](https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-1-1-7b-it-vs-mistral-small-3)
-   [Mistral Small 3 vs Phi-4](https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-small-3-vs-phi-4)
-   [Mistral Small 3 vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024](https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-small-3-vs-phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-june)
-   [Mistral Small 3 vs Mistral Small 3.2](https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-small-3-vs-mistral-small-3-2)
-   [Mistral Small 3 vs Qwen-14B](https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-small-3-vs-qwen-14b)
-   [Mistral Small 3 vs Amazon Nova Pro](https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-pro-vs-mistral-small-3)
-   [Mistral Small 3 vs GPT-6 Astra](https://noometry.com/compare/gpt-6-astra-vs-mistral-small-3)
-   [Mistral Small 3 vs Claude Fable 5.1](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-fable-5-1-vs-mistral-small-3)
-   [Mistral Small 3 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-3-8-flash-vs-mistral-small-3)
-   [Mistral Small 3 vs Kimi K3](https://noometry.com/compare/kimi-k3-vs-mistral-small-3)
-   [Mistral Small 3 vs Grok 4.6](https://noometry.com/compare/grok-4-6-vs-mistral-small-3)
-   [Mistral Small 3 vs Qwen3.8 Max](https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-small-3-vs-qwen3-8-max)
-   [Mistral Small 3 vs GLM-5.3](https://noometry.com/compare/glm-5-3-vs-mistral-small-3)

## Other Mistral AI models

-   [Mistral Large 4](https://noometry.com/models/mistral-large-4)43.1
-   [Mistral Medium 3.5](https://noometry.com/models/mistral-medium-3-5)40.2
-   [Mistral Large 3](https://noometry.com/models/mistral-large-3)39.1
-   [Mistral Medium](https://noometry.com/models/mistral-medium)36.3
-   [Magistral Medium](https://noometry.com/models/magistral-medium)35.2
-   [Devstral Small 2505](https://noometry.com/models/devstral-small)34.3
-   [Mistral Small](https://noometry.com/models/mistral-small)33.4
-   [Pixtral Large](https://noometry.com/models/pixtral-large)32.2

## Frequently asked questions

### How good is Mistral Small 3?

Mistral Small 3 by Mistral AI ranks 278th of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 31.2. Its strongest category is coding, where it ranks 207th. API pricing starts at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens, with a 33K-token context window.

### How much does Mistral Small 3 cost?

Mistral Small 3 costs $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens on openrouter.

### What is Mistral Small 3's context window?

Mistral Small 3 accepts up to 33K tokens of input and can write up to 16K tokens in one response.

### Is Mistral Small 3 open source?

Yes. Mistral Small 3's weights are downloadable from Hugging Face (mistralai/Mistral-Small-24B-Instruct-2501); check the license for commercial terms.

### What are Mistral Small 3's strengths and weaknesses?

Relative to other ranked models, Mistral Small 3 places best in coding, long context, instruction following and lowest in math, writing & preference, knowledge.

### What is Mistral Small 3 best at?

Its best category is coding, where it ranks 207th on Noometry.

### Cite this page

Noometry. (2026). Mistral Small 3 benchmarks and pricing. Retrieved October 10, 2026, from https://noometry.com/models/mistral-small-3

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