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Llama 3.1 405B Instruct vs GPT-5.2 Pro

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

GPT-5.2 Pro wins:

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

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricLlama 3.1 405B InstructGPT-5.2 ProWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$4.00$21.00 Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Output (per 1M tokens)$4.00$168.00 Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is 93% cheaper overall.

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct Providers

Hyperbolic $4.00 (Cheapest)
Google $5.00

GPT-5.2 Pro Providers

OpenAI $21.00 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Llama 3.1 405B Instruct Wins
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GPT-5.2 Pro Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 405B InstructGPT-5.2 ProWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
14.251.2
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
14.548.7
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
3.099.0
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
73.287.4
GPQA
Graduate-level science
51.590.3
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
30.588.9
Aider
Real-world code editing
66.2--
AIME
Competition math
21.3--
GPT-5.2 Pro significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
131,000
tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro
400,000
tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro has a 67% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricLlama 3.1 405B InstructGPT-5.2 ProWinner
Tokens/second25.2 tok/s98.3 tok/s
Time to First Token0.79s46.57s
GPT-5.2 Pro responds 291% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureLlama 3.1 405B InstructGPT-5.2 Pro
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 Pro
LicenseOpen SourceProprietary
AuthorMeta-llamaOpenAI
ReleasedJul 2024Dec 2025

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

GPT-5.2 Pro Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $4.00/M tokens. Llama 3.1 405B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $4.00/M tokens.
GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 48.7, 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 Pro has a 400,000 token context window.
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct does not support vision. GPT-5.2 Pro supports vision.