Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct leads with 24.1% higher average benchmark score. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct offers 198.1K more tokens in context window than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct. Both models have similar pricing. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is available on 9 providers. Overall, Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Meta
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is a language model developed by Meta. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 61.3% across 18 benchmarks. It excels particularly in GSM-8K (CoT) (84.5%), ARC-C (83.4%), API-Bank (82.6%). It supports a 262K 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 24B Instruct is a language model developed by Mistral AI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 71.7% across 8 benchmarks. It excels particularly in Arena Hard (87.6%), HumanEval (84.8%), MT-Bench (83.5%). The model is available through 2 API providers. 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.
6 months newer
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
2025-01-30
Cost per million tokens (USD)
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 22 common benchmarks
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
2023-10-01
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
2023-12-31
Available providers and their performance metrics
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Bedrock
Cerebras
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Groq
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Hyperbolic
Lambda
Sambanova
Together
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
DeepInfra
Mistral AI