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Llama 3.2 3B Instruct vs Mistral Nemo

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
  • Better at math

Mistral Nemo wins:

  • Higher intelligence benchmark
Price Advantage
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Context Window
Mistral Nemo
Speed
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricLlama 3.2 3B InstructMistral NemoWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.02$0.02Tie
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.02$0.04 Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is 20% cheaper overall.

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct Providers

DeepInfra $0.02 (Cheapest)
Novita $0.03
Cloudflare $0.05
Together $0.06
Hyperbolic $0.10

Mistral Nemo Providers

Chutes $0.02 (Cheapest)
DeepInfra $0.02 (Cheapest)
Novita $0.04
Mistral $0.15
Azure $0.30

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
2
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct Wins
1
Mistral Nemo Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkLlama 3.2 3B InstructMistral NemoWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
9.725.0
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
3.3--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
34.726.4
GPQA
Graduate-level science
25.58.7
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
8.3--
AIME
Competition math
6.7--
BBH
Big-Bench Hard
-36.1-
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct wins 2 out of 7 benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
131,072
tokens
Max output: 16,384 tokens
Mistral Nemo
131,072
tokens
Max output: 16,384 tokens

Speed Performance

MetricLlama 3.2 3B InstructMistral NemoWinner
Tokens/second44.1 tok/sN/A
Time to First Token0.43sN/A

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureLlama 3.2 3B InstructMistral Nemo
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyLlama 3.2 3B InstructMistral Nemo
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorMeta-llamaMistral AI
ReleasedSep 2024Jul 2024

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct Modalities

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Mistral Nemo Modalities

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Frequently Asked Questions

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $0.02/M tokens. Llama 3.2 3B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.02/M tokens.
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of N/A, compared to Mistral Nemo's score of N/A.
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct has a 131,072 token context window, while Mistral Nemo has a 131,072 token context window.
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct does not support vision. Mistral Nemo does not support vision.