Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct leads with 6.6% higher average benchmark score. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct offers 126.0K more tokens in context window than Pixtral-12B. Both models have similar pricing. Pixtral-12B supports multimodal inputs. 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 was developed as an efficient open-source model, designed to bring capable instruction-following to applications with limited computational resources. Built with 8 billion parameters, it provides a lightweight option for developers seeking reliable performance without the overhead of larger models.
Mistral AI
Pixtral 12B was introduced as Mistral's multimodal vision-language model, designed to understand and reason about both images and text. Built with 12 billion parameters for integrated visual and textual processing, it extends Mistral's capabilities into multimodal applications.
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Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23

Pixtral-12B
Mistral AI
2024-09-17
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Pixtral-12B
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Pixtral-12B
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

Pixtral-12B

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Pixtral-12B
Hyperbolic
Lambda
Sambanova
Together

Pixtral-12B
Mistral AI