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Mistral Small 3.2

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Mistral Small 3.2 is a minor update of Mistral Small 3.1 Instruct, a 24B-parameter model with text and image input, published as open weights under Apache 2.0 and offered as API model mistral-small-2506. Mistral AI says it follows precise instructions better, repeats itself less and has a more robust function-calling template. [1] [2] [3]June 23, 2025 Primary source

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  • Released Primary source[3]June 20, 2025 [2]release date
  • Deprecated Primary source[4]Deprecated table, Mistral Small 3.2 (mistral-small-2506) [2]Deprecation date
  • Retired Primary source[4]Deprecated table, Mistral Small 3.2 (mistral-small-2506)
  • API model mistral-small-2506 available Primary source[3]June 23, 2025
  • Status AvailableApache 2.0 weights are still downloadable from Mistral AI's Hugging Face organisation; the API model mistral-small-2506 was retired on 2026-07-31. Primary source[1] [5]Model Lifecycle: Mistral Small 3.2, status Active
  • Replaced by Mistral Small 4Replacement named for the API model when checked on 2026-10-01. Primary source[4]Deprecated table, Mistral Small 3.2, Alternative [2]Replacement
  • Successor of Mistral Small 3.1 Primary source[1]first paragraph [2]description: an update to the previous small model
  • Change · Other Mistral AI says it follows precise instructions better.Compared with Mistral Small 3.1 Primary source[1]
  • Change · Other Produces fewer infinite or repetitive generations, according to Mistral AI.Compared with Mistral Small 3.1 Primary source[1]
  • Change · Tool use Uses a more robust function-calling template.Compared with Mistral Small 3.1 Primary source[1]
  • Input text, image Primary source[2]Modalities
  • Output text Primary source[2]Modalities
  • Open weights Yes Primary source[1] [2]Weights table
  • Context window 128k tokens Primary source[2]Context
  • Parameters 24BThe docs weights table gives 24 (billions); the Hugging Face repository name carries 24B. Primary source[2]Weights table, Parameters (B)
  • Access API, Open-weights download Primary source[3]June 23, 2025 [1]

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