Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Llama 3.2 90B Instruct Comparison

Comparing Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Llama 3.2 90B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

9 benchmarks

Claude 3.5 Sonnet outperforms in 9 benchmarks (AI2D, ChartQA, DocVQA, GPQA, MATH, MathVista, MGSM, MMLU, MMMU), while Llama 3.2 90B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct costs less

For input processing, Claude 3.5 Sonnet ($3.00/1M tokens) is 8.6x more expensive than Llama 3.2 90B Instruct ($0.35/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3.5 Sonnet ($15.00/1M tokens) is 37.5x more expensive than Llama 3.2 90B Instruct ($0.40/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude 3.5 Sonnet is more expensive than Llama 3.2 90B Instruct.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers

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Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Input tokens$3.00

Output tokens$15.00

Best providerAnthropic

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct

Input tokens$0.35

Output tokens$0.40

Best providerDeepinfra

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude 3.5 Sonnet accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to Llama 3.2 90B Instruct's 128,000 tokens. Claude 3.5 Sonnet can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while Llama 3.2 90B Instruct is limited to 128,000 tokens.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Input200,000 tokens

Output200,000 tokens

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct

Input128,000 tokens

Output128,000 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Llama 3.2 90B Instruct support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is licensed under a proprietary license, while Llama 3.2 90B Instruct uses Llama 3.2.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Proprietary

Closed source

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct

Llama 3.2

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3.5 Sonnet was released on 2024-10-22, while Llama 3.2 90B Instruct was released on 2024-09-25.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is 1 month newer than Llama 3.2 90B Instruct.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Oct 22, 2024

1.4 years ago

3w newer

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct

Sep 25, 2024

1.5 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Provider Availability

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. Llama 3.2 90B Instruct is available from DeepInfra, Bedrock, Fireworks, Together, Hyperbolic. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.