Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct leads with 1.9% higher average benchmark score. Llama 3.1 405B Instruct offers 239.6K more tokens in context window than DeepSeek-V2.5. DeepSeek-V2.5 is $1.36 cheaper per million tokens. Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is available on 8 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V2.5 was developed as an enhanced iteration of the DeepSeek-V2 architecture, designed to incorporate improvements in model quality and efficiency. Built to advance the DeepSeek foundation model series, it provides refined capabilities for general-purpose language understanding and generation tasks.
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.
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DeepSeek-V2.5
DeepSeek
2024-05-08

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

DeepSeek-V2.5

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

DeepSeek-V2.5

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek-V2.5
DeepInfra
DeepSeek
Hyperbolic

DeepSeek-V2.5

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

DeepSeek-V2.5

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
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Fireworks
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