Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct leads with 9.5% higher average benchmark score. Llama 3.1 405B Instruct offers 124.9K more tokens in context window than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct. Both models have similar pricing. Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is available on 8 providers. Overall, Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-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.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next 80B Instruct was developed as the instruction-tuned version of Qwen3-Next 80B, designed to combine large-scale mixture-of-experts architecture with reliable instruction-following. Built to demonstrate efficient deployment of capable models, it balances advanced performance with practical computational efficiency.
1 year newer

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-09-10
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Bedrock
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Hyperbolic

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Lambda
Replicate
Together

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Novita