Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct leads with 33.4% higher average benchmark score. Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct supports multimodal inputs. 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 Instruct is a language model developed by Meta. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 74.7% across 18 benchmarks. It excels particularly in GSM-8K (CoT) (95.1%), ARC-C (94.8%), API-Bank (90.0%). It supports a 256K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 9 API providers. Released in 2024, it represents Meta's latest advancement in AI technology.
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct is a multimodal language model developed by Mistral AI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 64.0% across 9 benchmarks. It excels particularly in HumanEval (88.4%), MMLU (80.6%), TriviaQA (80.5%). As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2025, it represents Mistral AI's latest advancement in AI technology.
7 months newer
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
2025-03-17
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 23 common benchmarks
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Bedrock
Cerebras
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Groq
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
Hyperbolic
Lambda
Sambanova
Together
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct