Meta's latest class of model (Llama 3.1) launched with a variety of sizes & flavors. This 8B instruct-tuned version is fast and efficient. It has demonstrated strong performance compared to...
Model details →meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct vs Mistral: Devstral Small 1.1
meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Devstral Small 1.1 is a 24B parameter open-weight language model for software engineering agents, developed by Mistral AI in collaboration with All Hands AI. Finetuned from Mistral Small 3.1 and released under the Apache 2.0 license, it fea…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct | Mistral: Devstral Small 1.1 | 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. | $0.05 | $0.10 | 🏆 meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.08 | $0.30 | 🏆 meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-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/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct better than Mistral: Devstral Small 1.1?
meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct and Mistral: Devstral Small 1.1?
Input: $0.05 vs $0.10 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.08 vs $0.30 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct and Mistral: Devstral Small 1.1 support?
meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct supports up to 131K tokens. Mistral: Devstral Small 1.1 supports up to 131K tokens.
Do both meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct and Mistral: Devstral Small 1.1 support tool calling?
meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct: yes. Mistral: Devstral Small 1.1: yes.