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Llama 3.1 70B Instruct vs Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Comparing Llama 3.1 70B Instruct and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Meta · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct trade strengths across price, capabilities, and technical limits. The better choice depends on the workload.

Based on current benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.20/M input and $0.20/M output

Choose Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Jan 2025

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Meta
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.20 / M
— / M
Output price
$0.20 / M
— / M
Context window
128,000
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Released
Jul 2024
Jan 2025
License
Llama 3.1 Community License
Apache 2.0

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instructdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Arena Performance

Playground indexes and blind preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

410.0B diff

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct has 410.0B more parameters than Llama 3.1 70B Instruct, making it 585.7% larger.

Meta
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
70.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
480.0Bparameters
70.0B
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
480.0B
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Meta
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Tue Aug 25 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct is licensed under Llama 3.1 Community License, while Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

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

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct was released on 2024-07-23, while Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct was released on 2025-01-31.

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct is 6 months newer than Llama 3.1 70B Instruct.

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Jul 23, 2024

2.1 years ago

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Jan 31, 2025

1.6 years ago

6mo newer

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

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Llama 3.1 70B Instruct and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
✓ Preferred
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Llama 3.1 70B Instruct vs Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct.

Which is better, Llama 3.1 70B Instruct or Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct?

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct (Meta) and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct (Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.

How does Llama 3.1 70B Instruct compare to Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct in benchmarks?

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%. Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct scores TAU-bench Retail: 77.5%, SWE-Bench Verified: 69.6%, BFCL-v3: 68.7%, Aider-Polyglot: 61.8%, TAU-bench Airline: 60.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Llama 3.1 70B Instruct and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct?

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct supports 128K tokens and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Llama 3.1 70B Instruct and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct?

Key differences include licensing (Llama 3.1 Community License vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Llama 3.1 70B Instruct and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct?

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct is developed by Meta and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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