Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Llama 3.1 70B Instruct is available on 9 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
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
QwQ 32B was developed as a reasoning-focused model, designed to emphasize analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities. Built with 32 billion parameters optimized for step-by-step reasoning, it demonstrates Qwen's exploration into models that prioritize deliberate analytical processing.
7 months newer

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23

QwQ-32B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-03-05
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

QwQ-32B
QwQ-32B
2024-11-28
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Bedrock
Cerebras
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Groq

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

QwQ-32B

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

QwQ-32B
Hyperbolic
Lambda
Sambanova
Together

QwQ-32B