Pixtral 12B (2409)
MistralOpenApache 2.0
Pixtral 12B (2409) is a vision-language model from Mistral. It ranks 146 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1009±10 from 7,511 votes. License: Apache 2.0.
Key figures
- Developer
- Mistral
- License
- Apache 2.0
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
No data: OCR, Diagrams, Homework, Captioning, Entity recognition, Creative writing, Humor.
Who it suits
- Overall #146 of 167: lower half; consider it mainly for cost or deployment reasons.
- Open weights (Apache 2.0): you can self-host it.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 143 |  Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B (001) Google | 1044 | 6,243 | Proprietary | +35 |
| 144 |  Claude 3 Opus (20240229) Anthropic | 1023 | 15,565 | Proprietary | +14 |
| 145 |  Molmo 72B (0924) Ai2 | 1012 | 3,048 | Apache 2.0 | +3 |
| 146 | Pixtral 12B (2409) Mistral | 1009 | 7,511 | Apache 2.0 | |
| 147 | Gemini 1.5 Flash (001) Google | 1008 | 13,260 | Proprietary | -1 |
| 148 | OInternVL2 26B OpenGVLab | 1005 | 5,148 | MIT | -4 |
| 149 |  Llama 3.2 90B Vision Instruct Meta | 1000 | 8,682 | Llama 3.2 | -9 |
Alternatives · More from Mistral
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Mistral Large 4 Mistral | 1272 | 1,008 | Proprietary |
| 83 | Mistral Medium 3.5 Mistral | 1222 | 5,375 | Modified MIT |
| 84 | Mistral Large 3 Mistral | 1220 | 9,254 | Apache 2.0 |
| 109 | Mistral Medium 3.1 (2508) Mistral | 1172 | 41,611 | Proprietary |
| 117 | Mistral Medium 3 (2505) Mistral | 1157 | 10,793 | Proprietary |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 |  GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai | 1294 | 16,254 | MIT |
| 34 |  Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI | 1282 | 16,368 | Modified MIT |
| 38 |  DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20260910 (Max) DeepSeek | 1278 | 4,100 | MIT |
| 39 | Gemma 4 31B Google | 1276 | 40,219 | Apache 2.0 |
| 44 |  Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 |
How to read these scores
- If two scores differ by less than their ± intervals, the models are statistically close.
- Each category board is computed independently; do not compare scores across categories.
- Models with few votes move more; ranks of new entries may change.
FAQ
Where does Pixtral 12B (2409) rank among vision models?
Overall rank 146 (1009); English rank 147 (1027); Chinese rank 121 (951) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Pixtral 12B (2409) at OCR?
Pixtral 12B (2409) is not on LMArena’s OCR board yet, so there is no score to cite.
Is Pixtral 12B (2409) better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #121 of 128 (951); English board: #147 of 167 (1027). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is Pixtral 12B (2409) open-weight?
LMArena lists its license as Apache 2.0, not proprietary; check the license text for commercial use.
How far is Pixtral 12B (2409) from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); Pixtral 12B (2409) has 1009, 316 points behind.
Sources
LMArena data published Oct 19, 2026.
Synced here Oct 26, 2026.
Price, context length and release date have no reliable public data here and are not shown; all figures come from snapshots, blanks are –.