Meta's latest class of model (Llama 3.1) launched with a variety of sizes & flavors. This 70B instruct-tuned version is optimized for high quality dialogue usecases. It has demonstrated strong performance compared to leading closed-source …
Model details →Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct vs Mistral: Devstral Medium
Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct wins on 1 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Devstral Medium is a high-performance code generation and agentic reasoning model developed jointly by Mistral AI and All Hands AI. Positioned as a step up from Devstral Small, it achieves 61.6% on SWE-Bench Verified, placing it ahead of Ge…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct | Mistral: Devstral Medium | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 131K | 131K | Tie |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.40 | $0.40 | Tie |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.40 | $2.00 | 🏆 Meta: Llama 3.1 70B 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 70B Instruct better than Mistral: Devstral Medium?
Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct wins on 1 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct and Mistral: Devstral Medium?
Input: $0.40 vs $0.40 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.40 vs $2.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct and Mistral: Devstral Medium support?
Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct supports up to 131K tokens. Mistral: Devstral Medium supports up to 131K tokens.
Do both Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct and Mistral: Devstral Medium support tool calling?
Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct: yes. Mistral: Devstral Medium: yes.