Pixtral 12B
Summary
Pixtral 12B is an open-weight language model from Mistral AI, released on 1 Sept 2024. It accepts text and images and generates text, with a 128K-token context window and up to 128K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens (Mistral API), across 1 provider we track.
Mistral vision-language model for image understanding and multimodal chat
Last verified 4 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page links to its source.
Specifications
| Developer | Mistral AI |
|---|---|
| Release date | 1 Sept 2024 [models.dev] |
| Status | Generally available [models.dev] |
| Weights | Open weights [models.dev] |
| Context window | 128K (128,000 tokens) [models.dev] |
| Max output | 128K tokens [models.dev] |
| Knowledge cutoff | Sept 2024 [models.dev] |
| Input | Text and images [models.dev] |
| Output | Text [models.dev] |
| Reasoning mode | No [models.dev] |
| Tool calling | Yes [models.dev] |
Pixtral 12B API pricing by provider
USD per million tokens. Sorted by input price.
| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral API pixtral-12b | $0.15 | $0.15 | – | 128K | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of Pixtral 12B?
Pixtral 12B has a context window of 128,000 tokens (128K) and can generate up to 128,000 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.
How much does the Pixtral 12B API cost?
Through Mistral API, Pixtral 12B costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens. Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.
Is Pixtral 12B open source?
Pixtral 12B is an open-weight model. Check the license terms before commercial use.
When was Pixtral 12B released?
Mistral AI released Pixtral 12B on 1 Sept 2024, according to models.dev.
Change history
No changes detected since we started tracking this model. We re-check every source daily.