Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct vs mistral-7b-v0.3-bnb-4bit
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct | mistral-7b-v0.3-bnb-4bit |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 8.0 B | 7.5 B |
| Architecture | LlamaForCausalLM | MistralForCausalLM |
| Context length | — | 32,768 |
| Licence | llama3.1 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Conditional | Allowed |
| Languages | 8 | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 8,014,793 | 380,476 |
| Downloads all time | 175.3 M | 5.7 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | Yes — accept licence | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-07-18 | 2024-05-22 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
8.0 M372 K
Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct
mistral-7b-v0.3-bnb-4bit
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
mistral-7b-v0.3-bnb-4bit · fp16
6.2 GB / 24 GB
Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct · fp16
19.4 GB / 24 GB