Model comparison
Mistral Small 3 vs Llama 3.3 70B
- Input
- $0.10 / 1M tokens
- Output
- $0.30 / 1M tokens
- Context
- 32k tokens
- Released
- 2025-01-30
- Input
- $1.04
- Output
- $1.04
- Context
- 128K
- Released
- 2024-12-06
Llama 3.3 70B scores higher on 5 of the 5 benchmarks both models report; Mistral Small 3 is cheaper on input tokens ($0.1 vs $1 per 1M, 10.4×); Llama 3.3 70B has the larger context window (128K vs 32K).
Specs and pricing side by side
| Spec | Mistral Small 3 | Llama 3.3 70B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Mistral AI | Meta |
| Released | 2025-01-30 | 2024-12-06 |
| Context window | 32k tokens | 128K |
| Max output | Not separately published by Mistral; bounded… | not published |
| Input price | $0.10 / 1M tokens | $1.04 |
| Output price | $0.30 / 1M tokens | $1.04 |
| Parameters | 24B | 70B |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Llama 3.3 Community License Agreement |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weightssame |
| Modalities | Text | Textsame |
| Knowledge cutoff | October 2023 | 2023-12 |
Benchmarks both models report
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Llama 3.3 70B |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 81% | 86% |
| MMLU Pro | 66.3% | 68.9% |
| HumanEval | 84.8% | 88.4% |
| MATH | 70.6% | 77% |
| IFEval | 82.9% | 92.1% |
Scores are as published by each maker or its cited source; harness, reasoning effort and date can differ between rows, so treat small gaps as ties. Sources are listed on each model page.
Which one should you pick?
Pick Mistral Small 3 if…
- Cost matters: input tokens cost 10.4× less ($0.1 vs $1 per 1M).
- Your use case is: fast-response conversational assistants and chatbots.
Pick Llama 3.3 70B if…
- You care about MMLU, MMLU Pro, HumanEval (it scores higher on 5 shared benchmarks).
- You need the longer context (128K vs 32K).
- Your use case is: cost-efficient self-hosted or API chat assistants needing frontier-class quality below 405B.
FAQ
Which is better, Mistral Small 3 or Llama 3.3 70B?
Llama 3.3 70B scores higher on 5 of the 5 benchmarks both models report; Mistral Small 3 is cheaper on input tokens ($0.1 vs $1 per 1M, 10.4×); Llama 3.3 70B has the larger context window (128K vs 32K). The better pick depends on whether you value benchmark scores, price per token, context length or openness for your workload.
How much cheaper is Mistral Small 3?
Mistral Small 3: $0.10 / 1M tokens input, $0.30 / 1M tokens output. Llama 3.3 70B: $1.04 input, $1.04 output (list API prices as published by each maker).
What are the context windows of Mistral Small 3 and Llama 3.3 70B?
Mistral Small 3 offers 32k tokens with up to Not separately published by Mistral; bounded by the 32k context window output; Llama 3.3 70B offers 128K.
Is Mistral Small 3 newer than Llama 3.3 70B?
Mistral Small 3 was released 2025-01-30; Llama 3.3 70B was released 2024-12-06.
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