Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct leads with 12.0% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3 Sonnet offers 144.0K more tokens in context window than Llama 3.1 405B Instruct. Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is $16.22 cheaper per million tokens. Claude 3 Sonnet supports multimodal inputs. Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is available on 8 providers. Overall, Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude 3 Sonnet was introduced as the balanced middle tier of the Claude 3 family, offering a combination of strong capabilities and operational speed. Designed to provide an optimal tradeoff between intelligence and performance for everyday tasks, it served as a versatile solution for a wide range of enterprise and consumer applications.
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 Sonnet
Anthropic
2024-02-29

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

Claude 3 Sonnet

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

Claude 3 Sonnet

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude 3 Sonnet
Anthropic
Bedrock

Claude 3 Sonnet

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

Claude 3 Sonnet

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Bedrock
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Hyperbolic
Lambda
Replicate
Together