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Pixtral 12B

A 12B parameter multimodal model with a 400M parameter vision encoder, capable of understanding both natural images and documents. Excels at multimodal tasks while maintaining strong text-only performance. Supports variable image sizes and multiple images in context.

Updated Aug 10, 2026. Default version: Pixtral-12B

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LLMBoard score15.2Pixtral-12B
Coverage60%5 benchmark families
Context window128KTokens
Official input price$0.15Mistral API

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Model specification

Structured fields from the published default version.

Version
Pixtral-12B
Released
Sep 17, 2024
Knowledge cutoff
Sep 1, 2024
Parameters
12.4B
Context window
128K
Max output
128K
Inputs
image, text
Outputs
text
Open weights
Yes
License
Apache 2.0

Capability profile

This profile uses the latest version under this unique model that has a calculated LLMBoard score. Arena and price are excluded.

Pixtral-12B category scores

Benchmark results

Published benchmark records for the scored version Pixtral-12B.

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MM IF-Eval0.511100.0%CAug 7, 2026
VQAv20.82350.0%CAug 7, 2026
MM-MT-Bench0.641781.3%CAug 7, 2026
MT-Bench0.811129.1%CAug 7, 2026
ChartQA0.8182426.1%CAug 7, 2026
DocVQA0.9182632.0%CAug 7, 2026
MathVista0.6283928.9%CAug 7, 2026
MMMU0.5566311.3%CAug 7, 2026
MATH0.5587118.6%CAug 7, 2026
HumanEval0.7627618.7%CAug 7, 2026
IFEval0.664651.6%CAug 7, 2026
MMLU0.78610014.1%CAug 7, 2026

Arena results

Preference and agent-evaluation signals from published Arena datasets.

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visionchinese99945.5335N/AAug 6, 2026
vision style controlchinese103964.1335N/AAug 6, 2026
visionoverall1241008.77,511N/AAug 6, 2026
visionenglish1251027.94,090N/AAug 6, 2026
vision style controlenglish1271042.44,090N/AAug 6, 2026
vision style controloverall1281025.67,511N/AAug 6, 2026

Pricing

Official vendor API PAYG pricing is summarized first. The table then lists individual provider offerings without treating their minimum as the official price.

Official API
$0.15 input, $0.15 output per 1M
Official provider
Mistral
Lowest third-party
From $0.20 input, $0.20 output per 1M via Scaleway
Tracked offerings
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Mistralpixtral-12bglobal$0.15$0.15128KAug 7, 2026
Scalewaypixtral-12b-2409global$0.20$0.20128KAug 7, 2026
Cortecspixtral-12b-2409global$0.223$0.223128KAug 7, 2026
GreenPTpixtral-12b-2409global$0.285$0.285128KAug 7, 2026

Official prices use only the vendor's configured official Provider and positive standard USD PAYG rates. Third-party offers remain explicitly labeled.

Pixtral 12B versions

All published versions linked to this unique model. The score columns identify the version used by the current overall ranking.

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Pixtral-12BSep 17, 202415.212.4B128K128KYesApache 2.0

What is Pixtral 12B?

A concise description based on the published model registry.

A 12B parameter multimodal model with a 400M parameter vision encoder, capable of understanding both natural images and documents. Excels at multimodal tasks while maintaining strong text-only performance. Supports variable image sizes and multiple images in context.

Use the benchmark, Arena and pricing sections above as separate evidence. A missing field means the current data snapshot does not support that claim.

Data snapshot: 2026-08-07. Editorial model content is not available in the backend.

Pixtral 12B vs nearby models

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FAQ

Common questions about Pixtral 12B.

When was Pixtral 12B released?

Pixtral 12B's default version was released on Sep 17, 2024.

How much does Pixtral 12B cost?

Pixtral 12B's official API price is $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens via Mistral. The lowest tracked third-party offer starts at $0.20 input and $0.20 output via Scaleway.

Who created Pixtral 12B?

Pixtral 12B is published under Mistral AI in the model registry.

What is the context window for Pixtral 12B?

The default version has a 128K token context window.

Is Pixtral 12B open weight?

Yes. The default version is marked as open weight under Apache 2.0.

How many API providers offer Pixtral 12B?

4 published provider offerings are linked to the default version.

What models should I compare Pixtral 12B with?

Nearby ranked alternatives include Grok 1.5, Gemma 3n E4B, Qwen3.5 2B.

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