Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct leads with 3.4% higher average benchmark score. Llama 3.2 3B Instruct offers 119.8K more tokens in context window than Pixtral-12B. Both models have similar pricing. Pixtral-12B supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Meta
Llama 3.2 3B was created as an ultra-compact open-source model, designed to enable on-device and edge deployment scenarios. Built with just 3 billion parameters while retaining instruction-following abilities, it brings Meta's language technology to mobile devices, IoT applications, and resource-constrained environments.
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.
8 days newer

Pixtral-12B
Mistral AI
2024-09-17

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Meta
2024-09-25
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

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

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

Pixtral-12B
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
DeepInfra

Pixtral-12B

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

Pixtral-12B

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

Pixtral-12B
Mistral AI