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Mistral Small 2.0

Mistral Small 2.0 is the September 2024 update to Small 1.0. It introduced a public 22B instruction checkpoint under the Mistral Research License.

A middle-sized text model

The launch placed the model between NeMo 12B and Large 2. It targeted tasks such as translation, summarization and sentiment analysis. The weight card specifies 32K sequence length, a 32,768-entry vocabulary and function calling.Mistral Small 2.0 release announcementMistral Small 2.0 official model card

The download needs its own license review

Mistral-Small-Instruct-2409 is available for research use under MRL. It should not be assigned the Apache 2.0 license of Small 3. The old API has retired, while the instruction checkpoint remains listed for download.Mistral Small 2.0 official model cardMistral Small 2.0 model and lifecycle record

Specifications & access

Mistral Small 2.0 specifications
DetailValue and conditions
Launch date
AccessDownloadable
Model identifiersMistral-Small-Instruct-2409mistral-small-2409
Context window32,000 tokens

The model catalog advertises 32k context for this version. This is not a measured recall limit.

Mistral Small 2.0 model and lifecycle record
Weight licenseMistral Research License; commercial use needs separate permission/licenseMistral Small 2.0 official model card
Access and lifecycleHosted API retired on 30 November 2025. Downloadable weights remain listed.Mistral Small 2.0 model and lifecycle recordMistral Small 2.0 official model card
Parameters22 billionMistral Small 2.0 official model card