Free Mistral model via API
Medium 3.5, Codestral, Devstral, and Mixtral available free directly or through OpenRouter, Together, and Groq.
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A direct Mistral key and a router key are not interchangeable. Check coding models separately from instruct.
| # | Model ↕ | AA Index ↕ | GPQA ↕ | Context ↕ | Size ↕ | Free at ↕ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
— | — | 131K | Mid-size |   Mistral AI, Together AI, NVIDIA Build |
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| 2 | |
— | — | 262K | Mid-size |  Mistral AI, UnoRouter |
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| 3 | |
— | — | 16K | Mid-size | Together AI |
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| 4 | |
— | — | 131K | Mid-size | Together AI |
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| 5 | |
— | — | 128K | Mid-size |  Cloudflare Workers AI |
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| 6 | |
— | — | 128K | Mid-size | UnoRouter |
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| 7 | |
8.6 | 66% | 41K | Mid-size | Together AI |
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| 8 | |
— | — | 66K | Frontier | Together AI, NVIDIA Build |
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| 9 | |
— | — | 256K | Small | Mistral AI |
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| 10 | |
— | — | 16K | Frontier | Together AI |
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| 11 |
Mistral Large
Mistral AI · Legacy
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— | — | — | Frontier | NVIDIA Build |
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| 12 |
Mistral Large 2
Mistral AI · 123B · Legacy
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— | — | — | Frontier | NVIDIA Build |
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| 13 | |
— | — | 256K | Small | UnoRouter |
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| 14 | |
— | — | 8K | Small | NVIDIA Build |
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| 15 | |
— | — | 33K | Small | Together AI, Cloudflare Workers AI, NVIDIA Build, UnoRouter |
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| 16 | |
— | — | 33K | Mid-size | Together AI |
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| 17 | |
— | — | — | Mid-size | NVIDIA Build |
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| 18 |
Mistral Embed
Mistral AI · Embeddings
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— | — | 8K | — | Mistral AI |
Benchmarks: Artificial Analysis (October 24, 2026). A dash means the model is not on their leaderboard; we never estimate scores ourselves.
About Mistral
French lab Mistral AI builds open and commercial models, from compact Ministral to Mistral Large, plus Codestral and Devstral for code.
FAQ
Which Mistral models are free?
Currently 18 models are free: Mistral Nemo, Mistral Small, Mixtral 8x7b Instruct V01, Devstral Small, Mistral Small 3.1 24B, Mistral Small 3.2.
Where can I get a free Mistral API key?
Free Mistral routes are available at: Mistral AI, Together AI, NVIDIA Build, UnoRouter, Cloudflare Workers AI. Get a key in the provider's dashboard; links are on each model card.
Who develops Mistral?
French lab Mistral AI builds open and commercial models, from compact Ministral to Mistral Large, plus Codestral and Devstral for code.