Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct leads with 15.6% higher average benchmark score. Both models have similar pricing. Llama 3.1 70B Instruct is available on 9 providers. Overall, Llama 3.1 70B Instruct is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Meta
Llama 3.1 70B was created as a balanced open-source model, designed to provide strong performance with 70 billion parameters while remaining practical for many deployment scenarios. Built to serve as a versatile foundation for fine-tuning and application development, it combines capability with accessibility in the open-source ecosystem.
Meta
Llama 3.2 3B was created as an ultra-compact open-source model, designed to enable on-device and edge deployment scenarios. Built with just 3 billion parameters while retaining instruction-following abilities, it brings Meta's language technology to mobile devices, IoT applications, and resource-constrained environments.
2 months newer

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Meta
2024-09-25
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 5 common benchmarks

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Bedrock
Cerebras
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Groq

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Hyperbolic
Lambda
Sambanova
Together

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
DeepInfra