The highly anticipated 400B class of Llama3 is here! Clocking in at 128k context with impressive eval scores, the Meta AI team continues to push the frontier of open-source LLMs. Meta's latest class of model (Llama 3.1) launched with a var…
Model details →Meta: Llama 3.1 405B Instruct vs Mistral Large 2407
Mistral Large 2407 wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
This is Mistral AI's flagship model, Mistral Large 2 (version mistral-large-2407). It's a proprietary weights-available model and excels at reasoning, code, JSON, chat, and more. Read the launch announcement [here](https://mistral.ai/news/m…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Meta: Llama 3.1 405B Instruct | Mistral Large 2407 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 131K | 131K | 🏆 Mistral Large 2407 |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $4.00 | $2.00 | 🏆 Mistral Large 2407 |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $4.00 | $6.00 | 🏆 Meta: Llama 3.1 405B Instruct |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | — | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | — | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Meta: Llama 3.1 405B Instruct better than Mistral Large 2407?
Mistral Large 2407 wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Meta: Llama 3.1 405B Instruct and Mistral Large 2407?
Input: $4.00 vs $2.00 per 1M tokens. Output: $4.00 vs $6.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Meta: Llama 3.1 405B Instruct and Mistral Large 2407 support?
Meta: Llama 3.1 405B Instruct supports up to 131K tokens. Mistral Large 2407 supports up to 131K tokens.
Do both Meta: Llama 3.1 405B Instruct and Mistral Large 2407 support tool calling?
Meta: Llama 3.1 405B Instruct: yes. Mistral Large 2407: yes.