Mistral Small Creative

mistralai/mistral-small-creative

Mistral Small Creative

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Release Date

Dec 16th, 2025

Context Size

32k

Reasoning

Benchmark Cost

$0.38

Speed

165.5 tok/s

Subcategories

Bad Writing Habits

Detects common prose quality anti-patterns in AI-generated creative writing, including passive voice, past progressive overuse, weak dialogue tags, filter words, purple prose, cliches, AI-ism words/adverbs/names, and more.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Detailed Writing Rules
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin Creative Writing Hallucination	78	78	73	70	67	73%
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night Creative Writing Hallucination	87	85	83	75	75	81%
Literary fiction: old friends reunite Creative Writing Hallucination	87	83	81	79	76	81%
Mystery: examining a crime scene Creative Writing Hallucination	87	80	79	79	77	80%
Romance: separated couple reunites Creative Writing Hallucination	88	87	81	78	75	82%
Thriller: chase through city streets Creative Writing Hallucination	84	83	80	78	75	80%
Detailed Writing Rules						79.55%
genre
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin Creative Writing Hallucination	75	73	70	69	66	70%
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night Creative Writing Hallucination	86	84	79	78	75	80%
Literary fiction: old friends reunite Creative Writing Hallucination	87	85	85	84	77	83%
Mystery: examining a crime scene Creative Writing Hallucination	86	81	80	78	78	81%
Romance: separated couple reunites Creative Writing Hallucination	85	85	83	76	73	80%
Thriller: chase through city streets Creative Writing Hallucination	82	80	76	76	75	78%
genre						78.76%
Novelcrafter Default Prompt
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin Creative Writing Hallucination	83	83	79	78	68	78%
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night Creative Writing Hallucination	84	84	79	78	77	80%
Literary fiction: old friends reunite Creative Writing Hallucination	90	89	88	83	81	86%
Mystery: examining a crime scene Creative Writing Hallucination	85	83	83	82	76	82%
Romance: separated couple reunites Creative Writing Hallucination	89	88	87	85	83	86%
Thriller: chase through city streets Creative Writing Hallucination	87	84	80	78	75	81%
Novelcrafter Default Prompt						82.22%
80.18%

Codex Extraction

Evaluates a model's ability to extract structured codex entries (characters, locations, objects, lore) from prose passages and return them as well-formed XML.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Long: The Spire of Echoes (Dense) Tooling Reasoning	97	96	95	95	94	95%
Medium: The Hollow (Inferred) Tooling Reasoning	95	94	94	93	93	94%
Medium: Through the Thornveil (Scattered) Tooling Reasoning	97	94	91	88	88	92%
Short: The Rusty Lantern (Explicit) Tooling Reasoning	99	99	99	96	93	97%
94.50%

Codex Red Herring (False Positive Detection)

Tests whether models correctly report "no violations" when a codex is fully consistent with the prose passage. Models that hallucinate false violations (false positives) fail. Uses a 2×2 matrix of text length × codex size, with bare and detailed-entry variants.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
basic entries
Long text (~1594 words), big codex (51 entries) Hallucination	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	2	1	21%
Long text (~1594 words), small codex (11 entries) Hallucination	27	26	26	26	4	3	3	2	2	2	12%
Short text (~524 words), big codex (51 entries) Hallucination	42	30	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	30%
Short text (~524 words), small codex (11 entries) Hallucination	30	30	29	29	29	29	28	28	7	6	24%
basic entries											21.97%
detailed entries
Long text (~1594 words), big codex (51 detailed entries) Hallucination	50	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	1	26%
Long text (~1594 words), small codex (11 detailed entries) Hallucination	27	27	27	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	9%
Short text (~524 words), big codex (51 detailed entries) Hallucination	31	31	29	28	28	28	28	28	27	2	26%
Short text (~524 words), small codex (11 detailed entries) Hallucination	100	100	35	29	29	29	29	17	8	7	38%
detailed entries											24.79%
23.38%

Codex Violation Detection

Detects factual inconsistencies between a story bible and prose passages. The model must output structured XML identifying each violation with paragraph number and substring.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
matrix
Large codex (40 entries), long passage (1,019 words) Tooling Reasoning	72	72	71	68	66	66	65	64	61	57	66%
Large codex (40 entries), short passage (165 words) Tooling Reasoning	88	80	79	79	77	77	74	71	71	64	76%
Small codex (7 entries), long passage (734 words) Tooling Reasoning	88	83	83	76	75	75	72	71	68	65	76%
Small codex (7 entries), short passage (165 words) Tooling Reasoning	87	87	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	79	84%
matrix											75.42%
tiers
5 codex entries Tooling Reasoning	76	76	76	76	76	76	69	69	63	60	71%
10 codex entries Tooling Reasoning	100	100	100	94	94	94	92	92	86	79	93%
20 codex entries Tooling Reasoning	81	81	81	77	77	77	73	73	73	69	76%
40 codex entries Tooling Reasoning	84	83	83	79	79	79	75	67	61	52	74%
tiers											78.90%
77.16%

Data extraction

Extract key details from a given block of text.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
All valid emails Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Contextual pronoun Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Fruits excluding citrus Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Future event time Reasoning	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50%
Guess the pet Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Highest-rated movie Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Indirect birth year Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
What instrument does Lucy play? Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
What's the color of the car? Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
What's the correct time? Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	0	0	0	70%
Who's the sister? Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Who's the tallest? Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
93.33%

Dialogue tags

Various tasks related to dialogue tags in text.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
dialogue-200
Write 200 words with 10% dialogue Rule Following Utility	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Write 200 words with 50% dialogue Rule Following Utility	83	53	50	49	46	14	14	1	0	0	31%
Write 200 words with 90% dialogue Rule Following Utility	47	23	18	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	10%
dialogue-200											13.63%
dialogue-500
Write 500 words with 30% dialogue Rule Following Utility	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Write 500 words with 50% dialogue Rule Following Utility	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Write 500 words with 70% dialogue Rule Following Utility	50	49	45	39	27	14	12	12	0	0	25%
dialogue-500											8.32%
Ungrouped
Write unattributed dialogue Rule Following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	61	61	61	88%
22.01%

Language Comprehension

Does the model understand more than just English?

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Asking for directions (Dutch) Language	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Asking for directions (German) Language	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Friend got new kittens (German) Language	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Friend got new kittens (Tagalog) Language	100	100	100	100	100	100%
50.00%

Language Writing

Can the model generate text in different languages?

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Character dialogue (French) in a story Language	50	50	50	0	0	30%
Character dialogue (German) in a story Language	50	50	50	0	0	30%
Character dialogue (Hindi) in a story Language	50	50	50	50	50	50%
Character dialogue (Italian) in a story Language	92	50	50	0	0	38%
Character dialogue (Spanish) in a story Language	50	50	0	0	0	20%
33.69%

N-Length Sentences

Write sentences with exactly N words

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
Write sentences with 5 words each Utility	80	80	78	72	72	72	72	72	70	63	73%
Write sentences with 10 words each Utility	90	90	90	87	80	79	75	70	65	63	79%
Write sentences with 20 words each Utility	44	40	28	27	22	18	16	13	3	0	21%
57.78%

Novel outline

Handle questions about the outline of a novel in various formats

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
outline-count
Count acts Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Count chapters Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Count scenes Utility	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10%
outline-count											70.00%
pov-count
Count point of views for Jack and Olivia Utility	100	50	50	50	50	50	50	0	0	0	40%
Count point of views for Jack Harper Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	0	90%
Count point of views for Olivia Utility	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10%
pov-count											46.67%
58.33%

Text Replacement

Tests deterministic text transformations: renaming characters/locations, expanding contractions, tense rewriting, POV shifts, gender swaps, combined transformations, and word avoidance. Scored by checking each expected change independently.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	Total
Generic Prompt
Avoid said/asked/replied/answered Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	97	89	98%
Character rename: Elena->Mirabel, Gregor->Aldric Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Combined: 3rd person past → 1st person present Text Editing	98	94	94	94	94	94	94	95%
Expand all contractions Text Editing	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97%
Location rename: market square, outer ring, bridge, northern mines Text Editing	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96%
Multi-character gender swap: Priya(F)->Rohan(M), Mara unchanged Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Passive voice → active voice Text Editing Hallucination	82	78	77	77	76	76	72	77%
POV shift: 3rd person to 1st person (Elena's perspective) Text Editing	90	80	77	74	73	73	72	77%
Tense rewriting: past to present Text Editing	99	97	96	96	96	96	89	96%
Generic Prompt								92.76%
Specific Prompt
Avoid said/asked/replied/answered Text Editing	100	100	97	97	97	97	97	98%
Character rename: Elena->Mirabel, Gregor->Aldric Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Combined: 3rd person past → 1st person present Text Editing	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99%
Expand all contractions Text Editing	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98%
Location rename: market square, outer ring, bridge, northern mines Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Multi-character gender swap: Priya(F)->Rohan(M), Mara unchanged Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Passive voice → active voice Text Editing Hallucination	91	91	91	91	91	90	89	90%
POV shift: 3rd person to 1st person (Elena's perspective) Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Tense rewriting: past to present Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	100%
Specific Prompt								98.38%
95.57%

Tool usage within Novelcrafter

Output messages that are related to tool usage within Novelcrafter

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
Create alternate prose sections Tooling	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	0	0	80%
80.00%

Voice/dialogue sheets

Extract dialogue from given text as voice sheets.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
Multiple speakers Rule Following	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Simple Rule Following	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Simple (1-shot) 1-shot Rule Following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	0	90%
Simple (5-shot) Few-shot Rule Following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Unattributed dialogue Rule Following	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
38.00%

Write N of X

Write exactly N words/sentences/paragraphs...

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
paragraphs
1 paragraph summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
3 paragraph summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
5 paragraph summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
paragraphs											100.00%
sentences
1 sentence summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
3 sentence summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
10 sentence summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
20 sentence summary Utility	100	100	100	98	98	98	92	92	54	9	84%
50 sentence summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
sentences											96.83%
words
10 word summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	98	98	100%
20 word summary Utility	100	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	54	77%
50 word summary Utility	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
100 word summary Utility	92	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9%
200 word summary Utility	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10%
words											39.23%
75.41%