Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct leads with 30.2% higher average benchmark score. Ministral 8B Instruct is $1.58 cheaper per million tokens. Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is available on 8 providers. Overall, Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Meta
Llama 3.1 405B was developed as Meta's largest open-source language model, designed to provide frontier-level capabilities with 405 billion parameters. Built to demonstrate that open-source models can match proprietary systems in capability, it enables researchers and developers to experiment with and deploy a powerful foundation model without licensing restrictions.
Mistral AI
Ministral 8B was developed as a compact yet capable model from Mistral AI, designed to provide strong instruction-following with just 8 billion parameters. Built for applications requiring efficient deployment while maintaining reliable performance, it represents Mistral's smallest production-ready offering.
2 months newer

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23

Ministral 8B Instruct
Mistral AI
2024-10-16
Cost per million tokens (USD)

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Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

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Available providers and their performance metrics

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