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Llama 3 70B Instruct vs Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Llama 3 70B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports tool calls
Price Advantage
Llama 3 70B Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Context Window
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Speed
Llama 3 70B Instruct

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricLlama 3 70B InstructLlama 3.1 405B InstructWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.51$4.00 Llama 3 70B Instruct
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.74$4.00 Llama 3 70B Instruct
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Llama 3 70B Instruct is 86% cheaper overall.

Llama 3 70B Instruct Providers

Novita $0.51 (Cheapest)

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct Providers

Hyperbolic $4.00 (Cheapest)
Google $5.00

Benchmark Comparison

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Llama 3 70B Instruct Wins
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Llama 3.1 405B Instruct Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkLlama 3 70B InstructLlama 3.1 405B InstructWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
10.214.2
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
6.814.5
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
-3.0-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
57.473.2
GPQA
Graduate-level science
37.951.5
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
19.830.5
Aider
Real-world code editing
49.266.2
AIME
Competition math
0.021.3
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Llama 3 70B Instruct
8,192
tokens
Max output: 8,000 tokens
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
131,000
tokens
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct has a 94% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricLlama 3 70B InstructLlama 3.1 405B InstructWinner
Tokens/second38.8 tok/s25.2 tok/s
Time to First Token0.47s0.79s
Llama 3 70B Instruct responds 54% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureLlama 3 70B InstructLlama 3.1 405B Instruct
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyLlama 3 70B InstructLlama 3.1 405B Instruct
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorMeta-llamaMeta-llama
ReleasedApr 2024Jul 2024

Llama 3 70B Instruct Modalities

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Llama 3.1 405B Instruct Modalities

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Frequently Asked Questions

Llama 3 70B Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $0.51/M tokens. Llama 3 70B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.74/M tokens.
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 14.5, compared to Llama 3 70B Instruct's score of 6.8.
Llama 3 70B Instruct has a 8,192 token context window, while Llama 3.1 405B Instruct has a 131,000 token context window.
Llama 3 70B Instruct does not support vision. Llama 3.1 405B Instruct does not support vision.