Mistral AIPixtral 12B
Pixtral 12B is a Mistral AI open-weights model, released 17 Sept 2024. It is not yet ranked: 2 independent results so far, and the index needs at least five across two categories. At $0.150 per million tokens blended it is among the cheapest fifth of ranked models. Last measured 19 Oct 2026.
- Blended price
- $0.150/M
- $0.150 in · $0.150 out
- Output speed
- –
- First answer
- –
- Context
- 128k
- Full answer
- –
- Cost per run
- –
- Released
- 17 Sept 2024
- Multimodal26
Benchmark results
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Multimodal
| Benchmark | not stated | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arena Vision | 1009#139 | Arena (LMArena) | |
| VISTA | 26.0%#53 | Scale AI SEAL | |
| GeoBenchnot in index | 37.0%#25 | GeoBench |
What a task costs
Estimates from list price, output speed and time to first answer for the best configuration. “With caching” assumes three-quarters of the input is served from the prompt cache. Reasoning tokens are not modelled.
| Workload | Tokens in / out | Cost | With caching | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat reply | 400 / 300 | $0.0001 | – | – |
| Summarize a 30-page report | 12,000 / 600 | $0.0019 | – | – |
| Code edit | 6,000 / 1,500 | $0.0011 | – | – |
| Agentic coding session | 60,000 / 4,000 | $0.0096 | – | – |
| Structured extraction | 2,000 / 200 | $0.0003 | – | – |
More from Mistral AI
See also
Questions people ask
- Why does Pixtral 12B have no BenchLeader Index score?
- The index needs at least five independent results across at least two categories; as of 25 Oct 2026 Pixtral 12B has 2 that count. Launch-post scores are never used, so it is ranked once independent publishers have measured it.
- How much does Pixtral 12B cost per 1M tokens?
- As of 25 Oct 2026, Pixtral 12B costs $0.150 per 1M input tokens and $0.150 per 1M output tokens, $0.150 blended (three input tokens per output token).
- When was Pixtral 12B released?
- Mistral AI released Pixtral 12B on 17 Sept 2024.
Data as of 25 Oct 2026. Compare with another model.
Cite as: BenchLeader, “Pixtral 12B: benchmarks, pricing, speed and rank”, data as of 25 Oct 2026, https://www.benchleader.com/models/pixtral-12b.