# Pixtral 12B

> 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.

Source page: https://www.aimodel.directory/models/pixtral-12b
Last verified: 4 Oct 2026

## Specifications

- **Developer:** Mistral AI
- **Release date:** 1 Sept 2024 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/mistral/models/pixtral-12b.toml)
- **Status:** Generally available (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/mistral/models/pixtral-12b.toml)
- **Weights:** Open weights (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/mistral/models/pixtral-12b.toml)
- **Context window:** 128K (128,000 tokens) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/mistral/models/pixtral-12b.toml)
- **Max output:** 128K tokens (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/mistral/models/pixtral-12b.toml)
- **Knowledge cutoff:** Sept 2024 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/mistral/models/pixtral-12b.toml)
- **Input:** Text and images (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/mistral/models/pixtral-12b.toml)
- **Output:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/mistral/models/pixtral-12b.toml)
- **Reasoning mode:** No (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/mistral/models/pixtral-12b.toml)
- **Tool calling:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/mistral/models/pixtral-12b.toml)

## API pricing (USD per 1M tokens)

| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral API | $0.15 | $0.15 | – | 128K |

## FAQ

### 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.

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