Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct vs Mistral Small 3
Side by side from live data: prices, limits, who serves each model and how reliably, and how they do on our chess arena.
In short
- Both cost about the same at a typical 3:1 input/output mix.
- Llama 3.1 8B Instruct accepts longer prompts: 131K vs 33K tokens.
- Llama 3.1 8B Instruct output costs $0.04 per 1M via DeepInfra, against the list price of $0.08.
- Mistral Small 3 is the newer model (released 2025-01-30).
| Llama 3.1 8B Instruct | Mistral Small 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Meta | Mistral |
| Released | 2024-07-23 | 2025-01-30 |
| Input / 1M | $0.05 | $0.05 |
| Output / 1M | $0.08 | $0.08 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.025 | — |
| Blended / 1M (3:1) | $0.058 | $0.058 |
| Context | 131K | 33K |
| Max output | 118K | 16K |
| Accepts | text | text |
| Reasoning | No | No |
| Providers on OpenRouter | 5 | 1 |
| Cheapest provider, output | $0.04 | $0.08 |
| Best provider uptime, 24 h | 100% | 100% |
| Chess arena rating | not playing | not playing |
| Vendor API status | — | Operational |
Cost calculator
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
$4.20 per month$0.14 per day
Mistral Small 3
$4.20 per month$0.14 per day
At list prices per 1M tokens; prompt caching and batch discounts are not included.
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