Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct leads with 3.4% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3 Opus offers 144.0K more tokens in context window than Llama 3.1 405B Instruct. Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is $88.22 cheaper per million tokens. Claude 3 Opus supports multimodal inputs. Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is available on 8 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Anthropic
Claude 3 Opus was developed as the most capable model in the Claude 3 family, designed to set new industry benchmarks across a wide range of cognitive tasks. Built to handle complex analysis and extended tasks requiring deep reasoning, it balanced frontier intelligence with careful safety considerations, representing the flagship tier of the Claude 3 generation.
Meta
Llama 3.1 405B was developed as Meta's largest open-source language model, designed to provide frontier-level capabilities with 405 billion parameters. Built to demonstrate that open-source models can match proprietary systems in capability, it enables researchers and developers to experiment with and deploy a powerful foundation model without licensing restrictions.
4 months newer

Claude 3 Opus
Anthropic
2024-02-29

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Claude 3 Opus

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 8 common benchmarks

Claude 3 Opus

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude 3 Opus
Anthropic
Bedrock

Claude 3 Opus

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

Claude 3 Opus

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Bedrock
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Hyperbolic
Lambda
Replicate
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