Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B leads with 3.7% higher average benchmark score. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is available on 2 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B was developed as a compact distilled variant, designed to bring reasoning capabilities to a more efficient 8B parameter Llama base. Built to democratize access to reasoning-enhanced models, it provides a lightweight option for applications requiring analytical depth with limited resources.
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 24B Instruct was created as the instruction-tuned version of the 24B base model, designed to follow user instructions reliably. Built to serve general-purpose applications requiring moderate capability, it balances performance with deployment practicality.
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DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
DeepSeek
2025-01-20

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
2025-01-30
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
2023-10-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
DeepInfra

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Mistral AI