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Llama 3.1 405B Instruct vs Qwen3.5-122B-A10B

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Better at math

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Supports vision
Price Advantage
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B
Context Window
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B
Speed
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricLlama 3.1 405B InstructQwen3.5-122B-A10BWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.90$0.26 Qwen3.5-122B-A10B
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.90$2.08 Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.45$0.30 Qwen3.5-122B-A10B
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B is 21% cheaper overall.

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct Providers

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Qwen3.5-122B-A10B Providers

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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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Qwen3.5-122B-A10B Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 405B InstructQwen3.5-122B-A10BWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
17.435.9
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
14.531.6
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
3.0--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
73.2--
GPQA
Graduate-level science
51.582.7
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
30.5--
Aider
Real-world code editing
66.2--
AIME
Competition math
21.3--
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
131,000
tokens
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B
262,144
tokens
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B has a 50% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricLlama 3.1 405B InstructQwen3.5-122B-A10BWinner
Tokens/second33.7 tok/s146.6 tok/s
Time to First Token0.71s1.03s
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B responds 335% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureLlama 3.1 405B InstructQwen3.5-122B-A10B
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyLlama 3.1 405B InstructQwen3.5-122B-A10B
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorMeta-llamaQwen
ReleasedJul 2024Feb 2026

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B Modalities

Input
textimagevideo
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B has cheaper input pricing at $0.26/M tokens. Llama 3.1 405B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.90/M tokens.
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 31.6, 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 Qwen3.5-122B-A10B has a 262,144 token context window.
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct does not support vision. Qwen3.5-122B-A10B supports vision.