# What is Temperature for Mistral-small

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Hi guys  
In [Mistral-Small-3.1-24B-Instruct-250 Usage](https://huggingface.co/mistralai/Mistral-Small-3.1-24B-Instruct-2503#usage) section it is mentioned some recommended `temperature` value.

From the examples same page bellow I can assume it is nothing about cpu or something environment requirements but more like some model parameter or something?

So where it really comes from? Is it something

- model specific
- some mentioned vllm settings  
or what is it in fact. Where’s some docs or info related to this `temperature` could be read.

Thank you

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You can think of temperature as a common parameter that is used in all LLM. To be more precise, it might be more accurate to say that it is a programming strategy used when generating…

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> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58764619/why-should-we-use-temperature-in-softmax/63471046#63471046>

> **[Understanding OpenAI’s “Temperature” and “Top\_p” Parameters in Language Models](https://medium.com/@1511425435311/understanding-openais-temperature-and-top-p-parameters-in-language-models-d2066504684f)**
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> This article presents a simplified explanation of how “temperature” and “top\_p” affect text generation and illustrates how their…

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