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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
  • Better at math

Qwen3.5 397B A17B wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Supports vision
Price Advantage
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Context Window
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Speed
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricLlama 3.3 70B InstructQwen3.5 397B A17BWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.10$0.39 Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.32$0.90 Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.13$0.45 Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is 70% cheaper overall.

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Providers

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Qwen3.5 397B A17B Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Wins
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Qwen3.5 397B A17B Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkLlama 3.3 70B InstructQwen3.5 397B A17BWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
14.540.1
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
10.737.4
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
7.7--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
71.3--
GPQA
Graduate-level science
49.886.1
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
28.8--
Aider
Real-world code editing
59.4--
AIME
Competition math
30.0--
Qwen3.5 397B A17B significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
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Context & Performance

Context Window

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
131,072
tokens
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
262,144
tokens
Qwen3.5 397B A17B has a 50% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricLlama 3.3 70B InstructQwen3.5 397B A17BWinner
Tokens/second99.5 tok/s55.5 tok/s
Time to First Token0.54s1.55s
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct responds 79% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureLlama 3.3 70B InstructQwen3.5 397B A17B
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyLlama 3.3 70B InstructQwen3.5 397B A17B
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorMeta-llamaQwen
ReleasedDec 2024Feb 2026

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

Qwen3.5 397B A17B Modalities

Input
textimagevideo
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $0.10/M tokens. Llama 3.3 70B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.32/M tokens.
Qwen3.5 397B A17B scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 37.4, compared to Llama 3.3 70B Instruct's score of 10.7.
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct has a 131,072 token context window, while Qwen3.5 397B A17B has a 262,144 token context window.
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct does not support vision. Qwen3.5 397B A17B supports vision.