Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Llama 4 Scout leads with 8.8% higher average benchmark score. Llama 4 Scout offers 19.9M more tokens in context window than Pixtral-12B. Both models have similar pricing. Llama 4 Scout is available on 6 providers. Overall, Llama 4 Scout is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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
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.
6 months newer

Pixtral-12B
Mistral AI
2024-09-17

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

Llama 4 Scout

Pixtral-12B
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 6 common benchmarks

Llama 4 Scout

Pixtral-12B
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 4 Scout
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Groq
Lambda
Novita

Llama 4 Scout

Pixtral-12B

Llama 4 Scout

Pixtral-12B
Together

Pixtral-12B
Mistral AI