Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct leads with 13.1% higher average benchmark score. 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.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 7B was created as an efficient variant in the Qwen2 family, designed to provide capable instruction-following with 7 billion parameters. Built to serve as a practical foundation for applications requiring reliable language understanding, it balances performance with deployment efficiency.
Launched on the same date

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23

Qwen2 7B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-07-23
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Qwen2 7B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Bedrock
Cerebras
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Groq

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Qwen2 7B Instruct

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Qwen2 7B Instruct
Hyperbolic
Lambda
Sambanova
Together

Qwen2 7B Instruct