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Llama 3.2 1B Instruct vs Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
Price Advantage
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Context Window
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Speed
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricLlama 3.2 1B InstructQwen2.5 7B InstructWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.03$0.04 Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.20$0.10 Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is 22% cheaper overall.

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct Providers

Novita $0.02 (Cheapest)
Cloudflare $0.03

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct Providers

Phala $0.04 (Cheapest)
AtlasCloud $0.04 (Cheapest)
Together $0.30

Benchmark Comparison

8
Benchmarks Compared
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Llama 3.2 1B Instruct Wins
2
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkLlama 3.2 1B InstructQwen2.5 7B InstructWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
9.135.2
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
0.6--
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
0.0--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
20.036.5
GPQA
Graduate-level science
19.65.5
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
1.9--
AIME
Competition math
0.0--
BBH
Big-Bench Hard
-34.9-
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct wins 2 out of 8 benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
60,000
tokens
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
32,768
tokens
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct has a 45% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricLlama 3.2 1B InstructQwen2.5 7B InstructWinner
Tokens/second75.9 tok/sN/A
Time to First Token0.45sN/A

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureLlama 3.2 1B InstructQwen2.5 7B Instruct
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyLlama 3.2 1B InstructQwen2.5 7B Instruct
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorMeta-llamaQwen
ReleasedSep 2024Oct 2024

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct Modalities

Input
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Output
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Qwen2.5 7B Instruct Modalities

Input
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Output
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Frequently Asked Questions

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $0.03/M tokens. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.10/M tokens.
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 0.6, compared to Qwen2.5 7B Instruct's score of N/A.
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct has a 60,000 token context window, while Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has a 32,768 token context window.
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct does not support vision. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct does not support vision.