Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude 3 Opus leads with 17.8% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3 Opus offers 137.9K more tokens in context window than Llama 3.1 8B Instruct. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is $89.94 cheaper per million tokens. Claude 3 Opus supports multimodal inputs. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is available on 9 providers. Overall, Claude 3 Opus is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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 8B was developed as an efficient open-source model, designed to bring capable instruction-following to applications with limited computational resources. Built with 8 billion parameters, it provides a lightweight option for developers seeking reliable performance without the overhead of larger models.
4 months newer

Claude 3 Opus
Anthropic
2024-02-29

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Claude 3 Opus

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 6 common benchmarks

Claude 3 Opus

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
2023-12-31
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude 3 Opus
Anthropic
Bedrock

Claude 3 Opus

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Claude 3 Opus

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Bedrock
Cerebras
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Groq
Hyperbolic
Lambda
Sambanova
Together