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Why use Pixtral 12B Instruct on Vercel AI Gateway?
Vercel AI Gateway offers Pixtral 12B Instruct with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.15/1M input tokens. Vercel AI Gateway is a unified AI proxy providing a single OpenAI-compatible API endpoint to 275+ models from 25+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, Mistral, DeepSeek, xAI, Alibaba, Amazon, ByteDance, Cohere, MiniMax, MoonshotAI, KwaiPilot, Black Forest Labs, Recraft, Voyage AI, NVIDIA, and more.
Setup recipe
Python + curlpip install openaiexport AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY=...import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],mistral/pixtral-12bRequest example
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],
base_url="https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="mistral/pixtral-12b",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "mistral/pixtral-12b", not the LLMReference slug "pixtral-12b-2409".
- creator/model-name e.g. kwaipilot/kat-coder-pro-v2
- The examples expect AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.15 |
| Output tokens | $0.15 |
Capabilities
About Pixtral 12B Instruct
Instruction-tuned 12B multimodal model for conversational vision-language tasks and image analysis with efficient inference.
FAQ
What does Pixtral 12B Instruct cost on Vercel AI Gateway?
On Vercel AI Gateway, Pixtral 12B Instruct costs $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.15 per 1M output tokens.
What is the context window for Pixtral 12B Instruct on Vercel AI Gateway?
Pixtral 12B Instruct supports a 128,000 token context window on Vercel AI Gateway.
What API model ID do I use for Pixtral 12B Instruct on Vercel AI Gateway?
Use the model ID mistral/pixtral-12b when calling Vercel AI Gateway's API.
Who created Pixtral 12B Instruct?
Pixtral 12B Instruct was created by MistralAI as part of the Pixtral model family.
Is Pixtral 12B Instruct open source?
Pixtral 12B Instruct's open source status is unknown in the seed data.