Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct leads with 1.4% higher average benchmark score. Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct supports multimodal inputs. Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is available on 8 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
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.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5-VL 32B was developed as a mid-sized vision-language model, designed to balance multimodal capability with practical deployment considerations. Built with 32 billion parameters for vision and language integration, it serves applications requiring strong visual understanding without flagship-scale resources.
7 months newer

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-02-28
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 5 common benchmarks

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Bedrock
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Hyperbolic

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
Lambda
Replicate
Together

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct