Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct leads with 4.3% higher average benchmark score. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct offers 122.9K more tokens in context window than Qwen2.5 7B Instruct. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is $0.54 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 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 7B was created as an efficient instruction-tuned model, designed to provide capable performance with just 7 billion parameters. Built for applications requiring reliable language understanding with minimal computational overhead, it serves as an accessible entry point to the Qwen 2.5 family.
1 month newer

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Qwen2.5 7B 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 7B Instruct

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Hyperbolic
Lambda
Sambanova
Together

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Together