Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Llama 4 Scout offers 19.9M more tokens in context window than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct. Both models have similar pricing. Llama 4 Scout supports multimodal inputs. Llama 4 Scout is available on 6 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Meta
Llama 4 Scout was created as an exploratory variant in the Llama 4 family, designed to investigate new architectures and optimization strategies. Built as part of Meta's commitment to advancing open-source AI, it serves as a testbed for innovations that may inform future model releases.
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 24B Instruct was created as the instruction-tuned version of the 24B base model, designed to follow user instructions reliably. Built to serve general-purpose applications requiring moderate capability, it balances performance with deployment practicality.
2 months newer

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
2025-01-30

Llama 4 Scout
Meta
2025-04-05
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Llama 4 Scout

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

Llama 4 Scout

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
2023-10-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 4 Scout
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Groq
Lambda
Novita

Llama 4 Scout

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Llama 4 Scout

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Together

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
DeepInfra
Mistral AI