Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude 3 Sonnet leads with 9.6% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3 Sonnet offers 137.9K more tokens in context window than Llama 3.1 8B Instruct. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is $17.94 cheaper per million tokens. Claude 3 Sonnet supports multimodal inputs. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is available on 9 providers. Overall, Claude 3 Sonnet 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 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 Sonnet
Anthropic
2024-02-29

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

Claude 3 Sonnet

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

Claude 3 Sonnet

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

Claude 3 Sonnet
Anthropic
Bedrock

Claude 3 Sonnet

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Claude 3 Sonnet

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

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