Mistral NeMo 12B — Especificações
Compiled by Mustafa Ihsan from the vendor’s published documentation · Last updated
| Desenvolvedor | Mistral AI |
|---|---|
| Tipo | LLM (densa) |
| Modalidade | Texto → Texto |
| Parâmetros | 12B |
| Janela de contexto | 128K |
| Licença | Apache 2.0 (aberta) |
| Pesos abertos | Sim |
| Lançado | 2024 |
| Preço da entrada | $0.02 /1M |
| Preço da saída | $0.04 /1M |
| Provedores de API | Mistral, OpenRouter, Ollama |
Execute-o localmente
| VRAM (4 bits) | ~7,5 GB |
|---|---|
| GPU mínima | RTX 4070 12 GB / RTX 3060 |
What is Mistral NeMo 12B?
Mistral NeMo 12B was built by Mistral AI in partnership with NVIDIA — Apache 2.0, a 128K
context, strong multilingual support, and about 7.5 GB of VRAM at 4-bit, which fits an RTX
4070 12GB or an RTX 3060.
The NVIDIA collaboration shows up where it matters: the model was designed with quantisation
in mind, so it holds quality at 4-bit better than models retrofitted to small hardware after
the fact — the usual failure mode being a model that technically fits in 12 GB but degrades
noticeably once it does. Combined with genuinely good multilingual coverage, that makes NeMo
12B a strong pick for non-English local deployments, where the alternatives are often
English-first models that lose more in quantisation than they can afford. At $0.02 in / $0.04
out per million tokens it is also among the cheapest hosted options available, so it works as
the low-cost tier of a routing setup as well as a local model.
Mistral NeMo 12B pricing: API cost per 1M tokens
| Entrada (por 1 milhão de tokens) | $0.0200 |
|---|---|
| Saída (por 1 milhão de tokens) | $0.0400 |
| Razão saída/entrada | 2× |
| Misturada (4:1 entrada:saída) | $0.0240 por 1 milhão de tokens |
What Mistral NeMo 12B costs per month
Gasto mensal real com uma proporção de entrada para saída de 4:1 — a razão efetivamente gerada por cargas de trabalho típicas de chat ou RAG.
| Carga de trabalho | Tokens/mês | Custo por mês |
|---|---|---|
| Projeto paralelo | 1 milhão de tokens de entrada / 0,25 milhão de tokens de saída | $0.03 |
| Equipe pequena | 20 milhões de tokens de entrada / 5 milhões de tokens de saída | $0.60 |
| Produção | 200 milhões de tokens de entrada / 50 milhões de tokens de saída | $6.00 |
Calcule seus próprios números na Calculadora de custos de API de IA.
Cheaper alternatives to Mistral NeMo 12B
| Modelo | Custo médio ponderado por US$ 1 milhão | Você economiza |
|---|---|---|
| Mistral 7B aberta | $0.0220 | 8% cheaper |
| Llama 3.1 8B aberta | $0.0220 | 8% cheaper |
Hospedar localmente ou pagar pela API?
Mistral NeMo 12B is open-weight, so you can run it yourself. It needs ~7,5 GB of VRAM at 4-bit (RTX 4070 12GB / RTX 3060). Self-hosting only beats the API once your volume is high enough to keep that hardware busy — the calculadora de autohospedagem versus API calcula o ponto de equilíbrio para seu volume de tokens.
Perguntas frequentes
How much does Mistral NeMo 12B cost per 1M tokens?
Mistral NeMo 12B costs $0.0200 per 1M input tokens and $0.0400 per 1M output tokens. At a typical 4:1 input-to-output mix that blends to about $0.0240 per 1M tokens.
How much does Mistral NeMo 12B cost per month?
A small-team workload of 20M input and 5M output tokens a month costs about $0.60 on Mistral NeMo 12B. A side project (1M in / 0.25M out) costs roughly $0.03.
What is a cheaper alternative to Mistral NeMo 12B?
Mistral 7B is the strongest cheaper option in our database at $0.0220 per 1M blended — about 8% less than Mistral NeMo 12B. It is also open-weight, so self-hosting is an option.
Can I run Mistral NeMo 12B locally?
Yes. Mistral NeMo 12B is open-weight and needs about ~7.5 GB of VRAM at 4-bit quantisation (RTX 4070 12GB / RTX 3060).
Why does Mistral NeMo 12B charge more for output than input?
Output tokens are generated one at a time and cannot be batched the way a prompt can, so they cost the provider more to serve. Mistral NeMo 12B charges 2× more for output, which is why prompt-heavy workloads are far cheaper to run than generation-heavy ones.
Os preços correspondem às tarifas listadas oficialmente para a API principal do modelo e são revisados conforme os provedores os atualizam. Descontos por volume, processamento em lote ou entradas em cache não estão incluídos. Compare todos os modelos lado a lado na Banco de dados de modelos de IA ou o Ranking de LLMs.