Gemini 1.0 Pro vs Llama 3.1 70B Instruct Comparison

Comparing Gemini 1.0 Pro and Llama 3.1 70B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

Gemini 1.0 Pro outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Llama 3.1 70B Instruct is better at 2 benchmarks (GPQA, MMLU).

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct costs less

For input processing, Gemini 1.0 Pro ($0.50/1M tokens) is 2.5x more expensive than Llama 3.1 70B Instruct ($0.20/1M tokens).

For output processing, Gemini 1.0 Pro ($1.50/1M tokens) is 7.5x more expensive than Llama 3.1 70B Instruct ($0.20/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Gemini 1.0 Pro 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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Gemini 1.0 Pro

Input tokens$0.50

Output tokens$1.50

Best providerGoogle

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Input tokens$0.20

Output tokens$0.20

Best providerLambda

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Maximum input and output token capacity

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct accepts 128,000 input tokens compared to Gemini 1.0 Pro's 32,760 tokens. Llama 3.1 70B Instruct can generate longer responses up to 128,000 tokens, while Gemini 1.0 Pro is limited to 8,192 tokens.

Gemini 1.0 Pro

Input32,760 tokens

Output8,192 tokens

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Input128,000 tokens

Output128,000 tokens

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License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 1.0 Pro 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.

Gemini 1.0 Pro

Proprietary

Closed source

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 1.0 Pro was released on 2024-02-15, while Llama 3.1 70B Instruct was released on 2024-07-23.

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct is 5 months newer than Gemini 1.0 Pro.

Gemini 1.0 Pro

Feb 15, 2024

2.1 years ago

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Jul 23, 2024

1.7 years ago

5mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 1.0 Pro has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-02-01, while Llama 3.1 70B Instruct's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 1.0 Pro's training data extends to 2024-02-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Llama 3.1 70B Instruct's cutoff date.

Gemini 1.0 Pro

Feb 2024

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

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Provider Availability

Gemini 1.0 Pro is available from Google. Llama 3.1 70B Instruct is available from Lambda, DeepInfra, Hyperbolic, Groq, Cerebras, Together, Fireworks, Bedrock, Sambanova. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.