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

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> Updated: 2026-08-19T01:32:00.919Z
> Category: Fine-Tuning Cookbook (Model-by-Model)
> Module: Part III — Small Open Models (1B–8B)
**TLDR:** Mistral 7B v0.3 (Apache 2.0, 32K context), Mistral Small 3 (24B, Apache 2.0, 32K). v0.3'te sliding window deprecation, function-calling chat template, tool-token training. RTX 4090'da Mistral 7B QLoRA 1 epoch ~45 dakika. Mistral Small 3 (24B): NF4 = 12 GB, QLoRA marjinal sığar (~22 GB peak).