Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct leads with 4.2% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3 Sonnet offers 144.0K more tokens in context window than Llama 3.1 70B Instruct. Llama 3.1 70B Instruct is $17.60 cheaper per million tokens. Claude 3 Sonnet supports multimodal inputs. Llama 3.1 70B Instruct is available on 9 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
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 70B was created as a balanced open-source model, designed to provide strong performance with 70 billion parameters while remaining practical for many deployment scenarios. Built to serve as a versatile foundation for fine-tuning and application development, it combines capability with accessibility in the open-source ecosystem.
4 months newer

Claude 3 Sonnet
Anthropic
2024-02-29

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Claude 3 Sonnet

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 6 common benchmarks

Claude 3 Sonnet

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude 3 Sonnet
Anthropic
Bedrock

Claude 3 Sonnet

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Claude 3 Sonnet

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Bedrock
Cerebras
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Groq
Hyperbolic
Lambda
Sambanova
Together