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Llama 3.1 405B (base) vs Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Llama 3.1 405B (base) wins:

  • No clear advantages in compared metrics

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct wins:

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

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricLlama 3.1 405B (base)Llama 3.1 405B InstructWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$4.00$0.90 Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Output (per 1M tokens)$4.00$0.90 Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$0.45 Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is 78% cheaper overall.

Llama 3.1 405B (base) Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 405B (base)Llama 3.1 405B InstructWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
-17.4-
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
-14.5-
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
-3.0-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
-73.2-
GPQA
Graduate-level science
-51.5-
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
-30.5-
Aider
Real-world code editing
-66.2-
AIME
Competition math
-21.3-
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Llama 3.1 405B (base)
32,768
tokens
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
131,000
tokens
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct has a 75% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricLlama 3.1 405B (base)Llama 3.1 405B InstructWinner
Tokens/secondN/A36.3 tok/s
Time to First TokenN/A0.64s

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureLlama 3.1 405B (base)Llama 3.1 405B 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 (base)Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorMeta-llamaMeta-llama
ReleasedAug 2024Jul 2024

Llama 3.1 405B (base) Modalities

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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.
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 14.5, compared to Llama 3.1 405B (base)'s score of N/A.
Llama 3.1 405B (base) has a 32,768 token context window, while Llama 3.1 405B Instruct has a 131,000 token context window.
Llama 3.1 405B (base) does not support vision. Llama 3.1 405B Instruct does not support vision.