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Llama 3.1 405B Instruct vs WizardLM-2 8x22B

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math

WizardLM-2 8x22B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
Price Advantage
WizardLM-2 8x22B
Benchmark Advantage
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Context Window
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Speed
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricLlama 3.1 405B InstructWizardLM-2 8x22BWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.90$0.62 WizardLM-2 8x22B
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.90$0.62 WizardLM-2 8x22B
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.45N/A Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, WizardLM-2 8x22B is 31% cheaper overall.

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Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Llama 3.1 405B Instruct Wins
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WizardLM-2 8x22B Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 405B InstructWizardLM-2 8x22BWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
17.433.1
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
14.5--
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
3.0--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
73.240.0
GPQA
Graduate-level science
51.517.6
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
30.5--
Aider
Real-world code editing
66.244.4
AIME
Competition math
21.3--
BBH
Big-Bench Hard
-48.6-
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
131,000
tokens
WizardLM-2 8x22B
65,535
tokens
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct has a 50% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricLlama 3.1 405B InstructWizardLM-2 8x22BWinner
Tokens/second33.7 tok/sN/A
Time to First Token0.71sN/A

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureLlama 3.1 405B InstructWizardLM-2 8x22B
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyLlama 3.1 405B InstructWizardLM-2 8x22B
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorMeta-llamaMicrosoft
ReleasedJul 2024Apr 2024

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct Modalities

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WizardLM-2 8x22B Modalities

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Frequently Asked Questions

WizardLM-2 8x22B has cheaper input pricing at $0.62/M tokens. WizardLM-2 8x22B has cheaper output pricing at $0.62/M tokens.
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 14.5, compared to WizardLM-2 8x22B's score of N/A.
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct has a 131,000 token context window, while WizardLM-2 8x22B has a 65,535 token context window.
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct does not support vision. WizardLM-2 8x22B does not support vision.