In what way is the Rutherford’s atomic model different from that of Thomson’s atomic model?

An atom as a whole is electrically neutral because the negative and positive charges are equal in magnitude.

Rutherford’s atomic model- The gold foil experiments performed by Rutherford suggested that all the positive charge is located in a very small space which is 10 times the radius of an atom. Therefore, Rutherford gave a model in which electrons are revolving around the nucleus. Rutherford’s model of the atom failed to explain the stability of the atom.

J. J. Thomson suggested that electrons are embedded in a sphere of a positive charge. Thomson’s model of the atom fails to explain Rutherford’s α-particle scattering experiment in which most of the fast-moving α-particles passed straight through the gold foil.