Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct leads with 5.8% higher average benchmark score. Nova Lite offers 46.0K more tokens in context window than Llama 3.1 405B Instruct. Nova Lite is $1.48 cheaper per million tokens. Nova Lite supports multimodal inputs. Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is available on 8 providers. Overall, Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is the stronger choice for coding 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.
Amazon
Amazon Nova Lite was developed as a lightweight multimodal model, designed to provide efficient AI capabilities for text and image understanding. Built to serve cost-sensitive applications with quick response times, it represents Amazon's entry-level offering in the Nova family.
4 months newer

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23

Nova Lite
Amazon
2024-11-20
Cost per million tokens (USD)

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Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 9 common benchmarks

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

Nova Lite
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Bedrock
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Hyperbolic

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

Nova Lite

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

Nova Lite
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Bedrock