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DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B vs Mistral Large 2

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B and Mistral Large 2 are closely matched at 7.1 and 7.5 on the LLM Stats Score.

DeepSeek · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B and Mistral Large 2 are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 7.1 and 7.5.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Jan 2025

Choose Mistral Large 2

  • you want predictable pricing at $2.00/M input and $6.00/M output

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
DeepSeek
Mistral Large 2
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
7.1
#288
7.5
#286
Reasoning
7.4
#280
7.4
#279
Coding
2.5
#222
13.0
#136
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
— / M
$2.00 / M
Output price
— / M
$6.00 / M
Context window
—
128,000

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
Mistral Large 2
Math
10.8#247
11.3#243
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

4 reported for DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B · 5 for Mistral Large 2

No common benchmarks found

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B and Mistral Large 2don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

115.0B diff

Mistral Large 2 has 115.0B more parameters than DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B, making it 1431.8% larger.

DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
8.0Bparameters
Mistral AI
Mistral Large 2
123.0Bparameters
8.0B
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
123.0B
Mistral Large 2

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Mistral Large 2 specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Mistral Large 2 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mistral AI
Mistral Large 2
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Wed Sep 09 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B is licensed under MIT, while Mistral Large 2 uses Mistral Research License.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

MIT

Open weights

Mistral Large 2

Mistral Research License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B was released on 2025-01-20, while Mistral Large 2 was released on 2024-07-24.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B is 6 months newer than Mistral Large 2.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

Jan 20, 2025

1.6 years ago

6mo newer
Mistral Large 2

Jul 24, 2024

2.1 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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FAQ

Common questions about DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B vs Mistral Large 2.

Which is better, DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B or Mistral Large 2?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B and Mistral Large 2 are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 7.1 and 7.5. DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B is made by DeepSeek and Mistral Large 2 is made by Mistral AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B compare to Mistral Large 2 in benchmarks?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B scores MATH-500: 89.1%, AIME 2024: 80.0%, GPQA: 49.0%, LiveCodeBench: 39.6%. Mistral Large 2 scores GSM8k: 93.0%, HumanEval: 92.0%, MT-Bench: 86.3%, MMLU: 84.0%, MMLU French: 82.8%.

What are the context window sizes for DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B and Mistral Large 2?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B supports an unknown number of tokens and Mistral Large 2 supports 128K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B and Mistral Large 2?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (7.1 vs 7.5), licensing (MIT vs Mistral Research License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B and Mistral Large 2?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B is developed by DeepSeek and Mistral Large 2 is developed by Mistral AI.

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