Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct offers 122.9K more tokens in context window than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is $0.69 cheaper per million tokens. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is available on 9 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Meta
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is a language model developed by Meta. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 61.3% across 18 benchmarks. It excels particularly in GSM-8K (CoT) (84.5%), ARC-C (83.4%), API-Bank (82.6%). It supports a 262K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 9 API providers. Released in 2024, it represents Meta's latest advancement in AI technology.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is a language model developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 77.4% across 14 benchmarks. It excels particularly in GSM8k (95.8%), MT-Bench (93.5%), MBPP (88.2%). It supports a 139K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 4 API providers. It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2024, it represents Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team's latest advancement in AI technology.
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Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19
Cost per million tokens (USD)
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 28 common benchmarks
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Qwen2.5 72B 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 72B Instruct
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Hyperbolic
Lambda
Sambanova
Together
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Hyperbolic
Together