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Llama 3.1 405B Instruct vs GPT-5.2-Codex

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Better at math

GPT-5.2-Codex wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Supports vision
  • Has reasoning mode
Price Advantage
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5.2-Codex
Context Window
GPT-5.2-Codex
Speed
GPT-5.2-Codex

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureLlama 3.1 405B InstructGPT-5.2-Codex
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyLlama 3.1 405B InstructGPT-5.2-Codex
LicenseOpen SourceProprietary
AuthorMeta-llamaOpenAI
ReleasedJul 2024Jan 2026

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

GPT-5.2-Codex Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

Frequently Asked Questions

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $0.90/M tokens. Llama 3.1 405B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.90/M tokens.
GPT-5.2-Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 43.0, compared to Llama 3.1 405B Instruct's score of 14.5.
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct has a 131,000 token context window, while GPT-5.2-Codex has a 400,000 token context window.
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct does not support vision. GPT-5.2-Codex supports vision.