Model Comparison

Claude Opus 4 vs Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Claude Opus 4 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Llama 3.1 70B Instruct is 150.0x cheaper per token.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Claude Opus 4 outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while Llama 3.1 70B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

Claude Opus 4 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

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Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct costs less

For input processing, Claude Opus 4 ($15.00/1M tokens) is 75.0x more expensive than Llama 3.1 70B Instruct ($0.20/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude Opus 4 ($75.00/1M tokens) is 375.0x more expensive than Llama 3.1 70B Instruct ($0.20/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude Opus 4 is more expensive than Llama 3.1 70B Instruct.*

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

Lowest available price from all providers
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Anthropic
Claude Opus 4
Input tokens$15.00
Output tokens$75.00
Best providerAnthropic
Meta
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Input tokens$0.20
Output tokens$0.20
Best providerLambda
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude Opus 4 accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to Llama 3.1 70B Instruct's 128,000 tokens. Llama 3.1 70B Instruct can generate longer responses up to 128,000 tokens, while Claude Opus 4 is limited to 32,000 tokens.

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4
Input200,000 tokens
Output32,000 tokens
Meta
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Claude Opus 4 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Llama 3.1 70B Instruct does not.

Claude Opus 4 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude Opus 4

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Opus 4 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Llama 3.1 70B Instruct uses Llama 3.1 Community License.

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

Claude Opus 4

Proprietary

Closed source

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Opus 4 was released on 2025-05-22, while Llama 3.1 70B Instruct was released on 2024-07-23.

Claude Opus 4 is 10 months newer than Llama 3.1 70B Instruct.

Claude Opus 4

May 22, 2025

11 months ago

10mo newer
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Jul 23, 2024

1.8 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 Opus 4 is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. Llama 3.1 70B Instruct is available from Lambda, DeepInfra, Hyperbolic, Groq, Cerebras, Together, Fireworks, Bedrock, Sambanova.

Claude Opus 4

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Anthropic
Input Price:Input: $15.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $75.00/1M
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AWS Bedrock
Input Price:Input: $15.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $75.00/1M
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Google
Input Price:Input: $15.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $75.00/1M

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

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Lambda
Input Price:Input: $0.20/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.20/1M
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Deepinfra
Input Price:Input: $0.35/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.40/1M
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Hyperbolic
Input Price:Input: $0.40/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.40/1M
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Groq
Input Price:Input: $0.59/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.78/1M
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Cerebras
Input Price:Input: $0.60/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.60/1M
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Together
Input Price:Input: $0.89/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.89/1M
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Fireworks
Input Price:Input: $0.89/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.89/1M
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AWS Bedrock
Input Price:Input: $0.89/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.89/1M
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Sambanova
Input Price:Input: $5.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $10.00/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Anthropic
Larger context window (200,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher GPQA score (79.6% vs 41.7%)
Meta
Less expensive input tokens
Less expensive output tokens
Has open weights
AnthropicClaude Opus 4
MetaLlama 3.1 70B Instruct
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Detailed Comparison

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Feature
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Claude Opus 4
Meta
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Claude Opus 4 vs Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Claude Opus 4 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Claude Opus 4 is made by Anthropic and Llama 3.1 70B Instruct is made by Meta. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Claude Opus 4 scores MMMLU: 88.8%, TAU-bench Retail: 81.4%, GPQA: 79.6%, MMMU (validation): 76.5%, AIME 2025: 75.5%. Llama 3.1 70B Instruct scores GSM-8K (CoT): 95.1%, ARC-C: 94.8%, API-Bank: 90.0%, IFEval: 87.5%, Multilingual MGSM (CoT): 86.9%.
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct is 75.0x cheaper for input tokens. Claude Opus 4 costs $15.00/M input and $75.00/M output via anthropic. Llama 3.1 70B Instruct costs $0.20/M input and $0.20/M output via lambda.
Claude Opus 4 supports 200K tokens and Llama 3.1 70B Instruct supports 128K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include context window (200K vs 128K), input pricing ($15.00 vs $0.20/M), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Llama 3.1 Community License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Claude Opus 4 is developed by Anthropic and Llama 3.1 70B Instruct is developed by Meta.