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Llama 3.1 405B vs Mistral NeMo (2407)

Llama 3.1 405B (2024) and Mistral NeMo (2407) (2024) are compact production models from AI at Meta and MistralAI. Llama 3.1 405B ships a 128k-token context window, while Mistral NeMo (2407) ships a 128k-token context window. This comparison covers specs, pricing, API access, capabilities, benchmarks, input and output token costs, and production fit for coding and agent workloads. It focuses on practical selection signals rather than broad model-family marketing.

Llama 3.1 405B is safer overall; choose Mistral NeMo (2407) when provider fit matters.

Decision scorecard

Local evidence first
SignalLlama 3.1 405BMistral NeMo (2407)
Best forgeneral production evaluationprovider-routed production
Decision fitCoding, Long context, and ClassificationLong context
Context window128k128k
Cheapest output-$0.03/1M tokens
Provider routes0 tracked7 tracked
Shared benchmarks0 shared0 shared

Decision tradeoffs

Choose Llama 3.1 405B when...
  • Local decision data tags Llama 3.1 405B for Coding, Long context, and Classification.
Choose Mistral NeMo (2407) when...
  • Mistral NeMo (2407) has broader tracked provider coverage for fallback and route flexibility.
  • Local decision data tags Mistral NeMo (2407) for Long context.

Monthly cost at traffic

Estimate token spend from the cheapest tracked input and output route or tier on this page.

Llama 3.1 405B

Unavailable

No complete token price in local provider data

Mistral NeMo (2407)

$23.50

Cheapest tracked route/tier: OpenRouter

Cost delta unavailable until both models have sourced input and output token prices.

Switch friction

Llama 3.1 405B -> Mistral NeMo (2407)
  • No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Llama 3.1 405B and Mistral NeMo (2407); plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
Mistral NeMo (2407) -> Llama 3.1 405B
  • No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Mistral NeMo (2407) and Llama 3.1 405B; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.

Specs

Specification
Released2024-07-232024-07-18
Context window128k128k
Parameters405B12B
ArchitectureDecoder OnlyDecoder Only
LicenseLlama 3 CommunityApache 2.0OSI-approved
OpennessOpen weightsOpen source
WeightsAvailableUnknown
CodeUnknownUnknown
Commercial useCommercial use: conditionalCommercial use: permitted
Knowledge cutoff2023-122024-04

Pricing and availability

Pricing attributeLlama 3.1 405BMistral NeMo (2407)
Input price-$0.02/1M tokens
Output price-$0.03/1M tokens
Providers-

Capabilities

CapabilityLlama 3.1 405BMistral NeMo (2407)
VisionNoNo
MultimodalNoNo
ReasoningNoNo
JSON / Tool useNoNo
Structured outputsNoNo
Code executionNoNo
IDE integrationNoNo
Computer useNoNo
Parallel agentsNoNo

Benchmarks

No shared benchmark scores are currently available for this pair.

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Last reviewed: 2026-07-09. Data sourced from public model cards and provider documentation.