Mistral Models (in English)
Access Mistral Small 3, Mistral Large 3, and Codestral through AI Gateway. European open-weight AI with strong coding and multilingual support.
Mistral Models
Mistral AI (France) delivers models from fast small to frontier-level, with strong focus on coding and European multilingual support. AI Gateway provides unified access to the full Mistral family.
All Available Models
| Model | Released | Context | Architecture | Specialization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral Large 3 | 2026.03 | 1M | Dense | Frontier reasoning & coding |
| Mistral Small 3 | 2026.03 | 128K | Dense 12B | Fast · GPT-4o-level · 1/10th cost |
| Codestral | 2024.07 | 32K | Dense 22B | Specialized code generation |
| Codestral Mamba | 2024.07 | 256K | Mamba 22B | Long-context code |
| Mistral Nemo | 2024.07 | 128K | Dense 12B | Open-weight 12B |
Mistral Small 3
Mistral Small 3 delivers GPT-4o-level quality at 1/10th the cost — an excellent choice for production applications requiring quality at scale. Top 10 on Chatbot Arena.
Quick Start
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key="your-ai-gateway-key",
base_url="https://api.ecaix.com/v1"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="mistral-small-3",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Write a Python retry decorator."}]
)
Key Capabilities
Strong Coding
Codestral is purpose-built for code generation across 80+ languages
- Specialized code model
- 80+ programming languages
- Code completion and generation
- Mamba architecture for long contexts
European Multilingual
Native support for French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch
- Best French language performance
- Code-switching support
- Cultural context for EU markets
- European regulatory compliance
Open Weights
Mistral Nemo and Mistral 7B are Apache 2.0 licensed
- Apache 2.0 licensed models
- Self-host on any infrastructure
- Fine-tune for your domain
- No usage restrictions
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