Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct leads with 29.1% higher average benchmark score. Both models have similar pricing. Llama 3.1 70B Instruct is available on 9 providers. Overall, Llama 3.1 70B Instruct is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Meta
Llama 3.1 70B was created as a balanced open-source model, designed to provide strong performance with 70 billion parameters while remaining practical for many deployment scenarios. Built to serve as a versatile foundation for fine-tuning and application development, it combines capability with accessibility in the open-source ecosystem.
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 70B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23

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

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Ministral 8B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Ministral 8B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Bedrock
Cerebras
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Groq

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Ministral 8B Instruct

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Ministral 8B Instruct
Hyperbolic
Lambda
Sambanova
Together

Ministral 8B Instruct
Mistral AI