Mistral Small 3.1 24B vs Claude Haiku 3 vs Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct
Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct comes out ahead, 62 to 55 and 47 on our weighted score, though Mistral Small 3.1 24B is 18% cheaper per token.
Mistral AIMistral Small 3.1 24B
55/100- ECI127.5
- Price$0.229 / $0.436
- Context128K
AnthropicClaude Haiku 3
47/100- ECI118.4
- Price$0.25 / $1.25
- Context200K
- Our pick
MetaLlama 4 Scout 17B Instruct
62/100- ECI129.7
- Price$0.225 / $0.69
- Context10M
Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct is our pick
Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct is the better all-round choice, scoring 62/100 against Mistral Small 3.1 24B (55) and Claude Haiku 3 (47). It leads on capability and context window. Mistral Small 3.1 24B wins on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
- CapabilityLlama 4 Scout 17B InstructCapabilities Index (ECI): Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct 129.7 · Mistral Small 3.1 24B 127.5 · Claude Haiku 3 118.4
- Lowest priceMistral Small 3.1 24BMistral Small 3.1 24B $0.281 · Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct $0.341 · Claude Haiku 3 $0.50 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextLlama 4 Scout 17B InstructLlama 4 Scout 17B Instruct 10,000,000 · Claude Haiku 3 200,000 · Mistral Small 3.1 24B 128,000 tokens
- Widest inputsClaude Haiku 3Mistral Small 3.1 24B: Text, Images · Claude Haiku 3: Text, Images, PDFs · Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct: Text, Images
- Self-hostingMistral Small 3.1 24B and Llama 4 Scout 17B InstructPublishes downloadable weights
| Measure | Weight | Mistral Small 3.1 24B | Claude Haiku 3 | Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI) | 50% | 50 | 38 | 52 |
| Price | 25% | 76 | 64 | 72 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 60 | 60 | 50 |
| Context window | 10% | 24 | 32 | 100 |
| Overall | 100% | 55/100 | 47/100 | 62/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | Mistral Small 3.1 24BMistral AI | Claude Haiku 3Anthropic | Llama 4 Scout 17B InstructMeta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 127.5 | 118.4 | 129.7 (best) |
| ECI rank | #132 of 148 | #143 of 148 | #126 of 148 (best) |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 47.5% | 36.3% | 51.8% (best) |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 5.8% | 1.8% | 7.8% (best) |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.229 | $0.25 | $0.225 (best) |
| Output | $0.436 (best) | $1.25 | $0.69 |
| Cached input | — | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.281 (best) | $0.50 | $0.341 |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Median of 2 providers | Median of 2 providers | Median of 4 providers |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 128,000 tokens | 200,000 tokens | 10,000,000 tokens (best) |
| Max output | 16,384 tokens (best) | 4,096 tokens | 16,384 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | No | Yes | No |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | No | No |
| Reasoning | No | No | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | No | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Open | Proprietary | Open |
| API model ID | — | — | — |
| API providers | 2 | 2 | 4 (best) |
| Released | Mar 17, 2025 | Mar 13, 2024 | Apr 5, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Jun 2024 | Aug 31, 2023 | Aug 2024 |
What would a month cost?
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- Mistral Small 3.1 24B$3.16
- Claude Haiku 3$5.00
- Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct$3.63
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Mistral Small 3.1 24B, Claude Haiku 3 or Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct?
Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct is the better all-round choice, scoring 62/100 against Mistral Small 3.1 24B (55) and Claude Haiku 3 (47). It leads on capability and context window. Mistral Small 3.1 24B wins on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
Which is cheaper, Mistral Small 3.1 24B, Claude Haiku 3 or Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct?
Mistral Small 3.1 24B is cheaper at $0.229 input / $0.436 output per million tokens (median across 2 API providers). Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct costs $0.225 input / $0.69 output per million tokens (median across 4 API providers); Claude Haiku 3 costs $0.25 input / $1.25 output per million tokens (median across 2 API providers). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.281 per million tokens for Mistral Small 3.1 24B versus $0.341 for Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct (1.2× as much) and $0.50 for Claude Haiku 3 (1.8× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct 129.7 (#126 of 148), Mistral Small 3.1 24B 127.5 (#132 of 148) and Claude Haiku 3 118.4 (#143 of 148). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (124.8–131.4 vs 122.6–129.4), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct 51.8%, Mistral Small 3.1 24B 47.5%, Claude Haiku 3 36.3%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct 7.8%, Mistral Small 3.1 24B 5.8%, Claude Haiku 3 1.8%.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Mistral Small 3.1 24B, Claude Haiku 3 and Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct has the largest context window at 10,000,000 tokens, against 200,000 for Claude Haiku 3 and 128,000 for Mistral Small 3.1 24B. Maximum output per response: Mistral Small 3.1 24B up to 16,384, Claude Haiku 3 up to 4,096, Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct up to 16,384 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Mistral Small 3.1 24B accepts text and images; Claude Haiku 3 accepts text, images and PDFs; Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct accepts text and images. Claude Haiku 3 handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Mistral Small 3.1 24B and Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Claude Haiku 3 is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct is the newest, released Apr 5, 2025. Mistral Small 3.1 24B came out Mar 17, 2025; Claude Haiku 3 came out Mar 13, 2024. Knowledge cutoff: Mistral Small 3.1 24B Jun 2024, Claude Haiku 3 Aug 31, 2023, Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct Aug 2024.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.
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