# Mistral 7B v0.3 + Mistral Small 3 (24B): Sliding Window Deprecation + Tool-Calling

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> Updated: 2026-05-14T14:42:51.597Z
> Category: Fine-Tuning Cookbook (Model-by-Model)
> Module: Part III — Small Open Models (1B–8B)
**TLDR:** Mistral 7B v0.3 (Apache 2.0, 32K), Mistral Small 3 (24B, Apache 2.0). v0.3 sliding window deprecation, function-calling, tool-token training. Mistral 7B QLoRA on RTX 4090: ~45 min. Mistral Small 3 marginal fit.