Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct leads with 7.2% higher average benchmark score. Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is available on 9 providers. Overall, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Meta
Llama 3.3 70B was introduced with refinements to the Llama 3 architecture, designed to incorporate improvements in instruction-following and task performance. Built to continue the evolution of Meta's 70B tier, it provides enhanced quality while maintaining the deployment characteristics valued by the open-source community.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 72B was developed as the flagship model in the Qwen2 generation, designed to provide advanced language understanding with 72 billion parameters. Built to deliver strong performance across diverse tasks, it represented a significant advancement in Qwen's model capabilities when introduced.
4 months newer

Qwen2 72B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-07-23

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Meta
2024-12-06
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 5 common benchmarks

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

Qwen2 72B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Bedrock
Cerebras
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Groq

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

Qwen2 72B Instruct

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

Qwen2 72B Instruct
Hyperbolic
Lambda
Sambanova
Together

Qwen2 72B Instruct