Comparison · Updated Oct 28, 2026
Mistral Large 2 vs Llama 3.3 70B
Two European/US flagship-class models with 128K context. Llama 3.3 70B has a permissive community licence; Mistral Large 2 weights are research-licence only.
At a glance
| Spec | Mistral Large 2 | Llama 3.3 70B |
|---|---|---|
| Released | Jul 24, 2024 | Dec 6, 2024 |
| Context window | 128K tokens | 128K tokens |
| Licence | Closed / API | Open weights |
| Inputs | text | text |
| Public API | Yes | Yes |
Model A
Mistral Large 2
Mistral's 123B flagship model with strong multilingual and coding ability; weights released under a research licence.
Jul 24, 2024
Model B
Llama 3.3 70B
Open-weight 70B text model from Meta that Meta says approaches Llama 3.1 405B quality at a fraction of the serving cost.
Dec 6, 2024
Differences
| Attribute | Mistral Large 2 | Llama 3.3 70B |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 123B | 70B |
| Context window | 128K | 128K |
| Commercial self-hosting | Requires Mistral licence | Llama community licence |
| Released | Jul 2024 | Dec 2024 |