# Mistral Pixtral 12B — deprecation status

> Yes — Pixtral 12B is retired. Mistral deprecated it on December 2, 2025 and shut it down on December 31, 2025; API requests to it now fail. The recommended replacement is Ministral 3 14B.

Mistral's first multimodal model, released Apache 2.0 in September 2024 and notable for handling images at native resolution rather than downsampling them to a fixed grid. Mistral points it at Ministral 3 14B, the only small model in the current range that takes images at all.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Provider | Mistral |
| Model id | `pixtral-12b-2409` |
| Status | Retired |
| Deprecated | December 2, 2025 |
| Shutdown | December 31, 2025 (215 days ago) |
| Last verified | August 3, 2026 |

## Replacement

- **Ministral 3 14B** (`ministral-3-14b-25-12`) · recommended — https://modeldeprecations.dev/mistral/ministral-3-14b-25-12
  - Parameters it accepts: https://modelparams.dev/models/mistral/ministral-3-14b-25-12

```diff
- "model": "pixtral-12b-2409"
+ "model": "ministral-3-14b-25-12"
```

## FAQ

### When did Mistral Pixtral 12B shut down?

Mistral Pixtral 12B shut down on December 31, 2025. API requests to it fail from that date onward.

### What replaces Mistral Pixtral 12B?

Mistral recommends Ministral 3 14B (`ministral-3-14b-25-12`) as the replacement for Mistral Pixtral 12B.

### Is Mistral Pixtral 12B still available?

No. Mistral Pixtral 12B is retired and no longer served — it was shut down on December 31, 2025. Calls to it return an error.

### How do I migrate from Mistral Pixtral 12B to ministral-3-14b-25-12?

Swap the model id in your API call: replace "pixtral-12b-2409" with "ministral-3-14b-25-12". Keep the rest of the request the same, then re-check the parameters the new model accepts before you ship.

## Sources

- [Mistral models overview](https://docs.mistral.ai/getting-started/models/models_overview/) — accessed 2026-08-03

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