LLM Reference

Pixtral 12B Base

Released
2024-09-12
Last refreshed
2026-04-15
Status
Researched 198d ago
Open sourceCommercial use: permittedMultimodalLong contextVision

Pixtral 12B Base is a released long context and vision model with open-source and 128k context; evaluate it while provider pricing coverage matures.

Use it for

  • Teams evaluating long context and vision
  • Workloads that can use a 128k context window

Do not use it for

  • Cost-sensitive launches that need sourced token pricing
  • Strict JSON or tool-calling flows
  • Teams that need a tracked hosted API route today
Specifications
Family
Pixtral
Released
2024-09-12
Context
128k
Parameters
12B
Architecture
Decoder Only
Specialization
general
Openness
Open source
License
Apache 2.0OSI-approvedCommercial use: permitted
Weights
Available
Code
Unknown
Training
Fine-tuned
Created by

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Pricing

No tracked provider token pricing is available yet.

About

12B multimodal Mistral model combining text and vision capabilities for image understanding and visual reasoning tasks.

Pixtral 12B Base is an open-source model in the Pixtral family. The structured metadata tracks a 128k-token context window and multimodal input. No headline benchmark score is tracked for Pixtral 12B Base yet.

Top use-case fit

Long context

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

Vision

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

Provider price ladder

No tracked provider token pricing is available for this model yet.

Capabilities

VisionMultimodal

Benchmark peer barsfor Long context

No task-mapped benchmark peers are available for this model yet.

Migration checks

No linked migration route is available for this model yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the context window of Pixtral 12B Base?

Pixtral 12B Base has a context window of 128k tokens.

When was Pixtral 12B Base released?

Pixtral 12B Base was released on 2024-09-12.