Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct leads with 4.8% higher average benchmark score. Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is available on 8 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Gemini Diffusion was developed as a specialized model for image generation, designed to create high-quality visual content through diffusion-based techniques. Built to complement the text and multimodal capabilities of the Gemini family, it extends Google's AI capabilities into creative visual 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.
10 months newer

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23

Gemini Diffusion
2025-05-20
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

Gemini Diffusion

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

Gemini Diffusion

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Bedrock

Gemini Diffusion

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

Gemini Diffusion

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
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