Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct leads with 3.8% higher average benchmark score. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct offers 6.1K more tokens in context window than Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct. Both models have similar pricing. 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 Coder 32B was developed as a specialized coding model, designed to excel at programming tasks with 32 billion parameters specifically optimized for code. Built to understand and generate code across multiple programming languages, it serves developers requiring advanced code completion, debugging, and explanation capabilities.
1 month newer

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23

Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Qwen2.5-Coder 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-Coder 32B Instruct

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct
Hyperbolic
Lambda
Sambanova
Together

Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Hyperbolic
Lambda