Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek-V3 leads with 3.3% higher average benchmark score. DeepSeek-V3 offers 6.1K more tokens in context window than Llama 3.1 405B Instruct. Both models have similar pricing. Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is available on 8 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3 was introduced as a major architectural advancement, developed with 671B mixture-of-experts parameters and trained on 14.8 trillion tokens. Built to be three times faster than V2 while maintaining open-source availability, it demonstrates competitive performance against frontier closed-source models and represents a significant leap in efficient large-scale model design.
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.
5 months newer

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23

DeepSeek-V3
DeepSeek
2024-12-25
Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek-V3

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 5 common benchmarks

DeepSeek-V3

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek-V3
DeepSeek

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

DeepSeek-V3

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

DeepSeek-V3

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
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