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Llama 3.1 405B Instruct vs Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct wins:

  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Better at math
Price Advantage
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Context Window
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Speed
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricLlama 3.1 405B InstructLlama 3.1 70B InstructWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$4.00$0.40 Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Output (per 1M tokens)$4.00$0.40 Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Llama 3.1 70B Instruct is 90% cheaper overall.

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct Providers

Hyperbolic $4.00 (Cheapest)
Google $5.00

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct Providers

Novita $0.34 (Cheapest)
Hyperbolic $0.40
DeepInfra $0.40
Together $0.88

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Llama 3.1 405B Instruct Wins
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Llama 3.1 70B Instruct Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 405B InstructLlama 3.1 70B InstructWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
14.212.2
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
14.510.9
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
3.04.0
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
73.267.6
GPQA
Graduate-level science
51.540.9
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
30.523.2
Aider
Real-world code editing
66.258.6
AIME
Competition math
21.317.3
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct wins 7 out of 8 benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
131,000
tokens
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
131,072
tokens
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct has a 0% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricLlama 3.1 405B InstructLlama 3.1 70B InstructWinner
Tokens/second25.2 tok/s42.8 tok/s
Time to First Token0.79s0.46s
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct responds 70% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

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

License & Release

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

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct Modalities

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Llama 3.1 70B Instruct Modalities

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Frequently Asked Questions

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $0.40/M tokens. Llama 3.1 70B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.40/M tokens.
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 14.5, compared to Llama 3.1 70B Instruct's score of 10.9.
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct has a 131,000 token context window, while Llama 3.1 70B Instruct has a 131,072 token context window.
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct does not support vision. Llama 3.1 70B Instruct does not support vision.