Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct vs Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.1
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 5 September 2026.
mistralai · B
Params
7.2 B
Context
32,768
30d
189 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct | Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 8.0 B | 7.2 B |
| Architecture | LlamaForCausalLM | MistralForCausalLM |
| Context length | — | 32,768 |
| Licence | llama3.1 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Conditional | Allowed |
| Languages | 8 | — |
| Downloads 30d | 5,910,102 | 188,808 |
| Downloads all time | 185.1 M | 17.9 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | Yes — accept licence | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-07-18 | 2023-09-27 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
8.0 M186 K
Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct
Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.1
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.1 · fp16
17.5 GB / 24 GB
Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct · fp16
19.4 GB / 24 GB