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Mistral 7B Instruct v3

llm ★ 4.3 / 5 License: Apache 2.0

Mistral 7B v3 is the permissively-licensed answer to the 8B class. If the Meta license is a problem for your product, this is the fallback with almost no quality sacrifice — and its multilingual quality (30+ languages) is a real edge.

Who it is for: multilingual chat and RAG pipelines where Apache 2.0 matters, plus any 8 GB–16 GB GPU setup.

Specifications

Type llm
Parameters 7.3B
Context window 128k
License Apache 2.0
VRAM recommended 16 GB (Q8) GB
VRAM minimum 8 GB (Q4) GB

Pros

  • Permissive Apache 2.0 license
  • Strong multilingual support
  • 128k context at 7B size

Cons

  • Slightly behind Llama 8B on tool calling
  • Fewer community fine-tunes than the Llama family