Mistral AI Unveils New Mistral Small 3.1 Model: Top Tier Performance and Multimodal Understanding

Mistral AI has announced the launch of the Mistral Small 3.1 model today. This model is an enhanced version of Mistral Small 3 and features a wide range of generative AI capabilities designed for various tasks. Mistral Small 3.1 offers improved text processing abilities, multimodal understanding, and an expanded context window of up to 128,000 tokens. It outperforms similar models like Gemma 3 and GPT-4o Mini while delivering inference speeds of up to 150 tokens per second.

Released under the Apache 2.0 license, Mistral Small 3.1 is open-source, built to meet the demands of modern AI applications such as handling text, understanding multimodal inputs, providing multilingual support, and managing long contexts. With just 24 billion parameters, this model showcases remarkable efficiency and performance.

According to Mistral AI, Mistral Small 3.1 can be run on a single RTX 4090-powered PC or a Mac with 32GB RAM, making it a cost-effective alternative compared to the high costs of cloud services. Additionally, it provides a foundation that enables users to enhance their productivity substantially.

For developers, Mistral Small 3.1 allows for further customization, making it a versatile option for various applications. In recent weeks, several impressive reasoning models have been built on Mistral Small 3 by the AI community. The availability of base and instruction checkpoints for Mistral Small 3.1 also facilitates greater customization based on specific needs.

Mistral Small 3.1 is suitable for a wide variety of consumer and enterprise applications, including fast-response virtual assistants, visual inspection systems, and general-purpose assistance. The model is also accessible through an API on Mistral AI's developer platform and can be utilized on Google Cloud Vertex AI.

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