Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads with 11.3% higher average benchmark score. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is available on 9 providers. Overall, Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Meta
Llama 3.1 8B was developed as an efficient open-source model, designed to bring capable instruction-following to applications with limited computational resources. Built with 8 billion parameters, it provides a lightweight option for developers seeking reliable performance without the overhead of larger models.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen 2.5 32B was created as a larger variant in the Qwen 2.5 family, designed to deliver enhanced capabilities with 32 billion parameters. Built to serve applications requiring stronger reasoning and generation quality, it represents a powerful option for demanding language understanding tasks.
1 month newer

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 5 common benchmarks

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
2023-12-31
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Bedrock
Cerebras
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Groq

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Hyperbolic
Lambda
Sambanova
Together

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct