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Pixtral

Pixtral is the Mistral AI line of models that add image understanding to text, shown here at Pixtral 12B, a 12B model released in September 2024 under the Apache 2.0 licence. Mistral has deprecated it, with the deprecation date given as 2 December 2025, and recommends Ministral 3 14B for new integrations.

Pixtral is a Mistral AI product filed under Generative AI Software. Lifecycle: versioned, 2 versions listed, latest Pixtral Large 24.11 (pixtral-large-2411) (18 Nov 2024).

Source: Pixtral 12B - Mistral AI | Mistral Docs, retrieved 15 Oct 2026

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Release and support dates as published by Mistral AI; dates within the next 12 months are highlighted, past dates dimmed. Retrieved 2026-10-14.

Pixtral 2 versions

Version	Released	End of life	Source
Pixtral Large 24.11 (pixtral-large-2411)General Availability model; deprecated 2026-02-27, retired 2026-05-31	18 Nov 2024	31 May 2026	[1][2][3]
Pixtral 12B 24.09 (pixtral-12b-2409)General Availability model; deprecated 2025-12-02, retired 2025-12-31	17 Sep 2024	31 Dec 2025	[1][2][3]

Sources 3

Changelog | Mistral Docs retrieved 2026-10-14
Models Overview | Mistral Docs retrieved 2026-10-14
Model lifecycle policy | Mistral Docs retrieved 2026-10-14

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