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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct vs Qwen4-Max-Preview

Comparing Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and Qwen4-Max-Preview across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Meta · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and Qwen4-Max-Preview trade strengths across price, capabilities, and technical limits. The better choice depends on the workload.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

Choose Qwen4-Max-Preview

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Nov 2026

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Meta
Qwen4-Max-Preview
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
$0.10 / M
— / M
Output price
$0.20 / M
— / M
Context window
131,072
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Individual benchmarks

9 reported for Llama 3.3 70B Instruct · 0 for Qwen4-Max-Preview

No common benchmarks found

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and Qwen4-Max-Previewdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct specifies input context (131,072 tokens). Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct specifies output context (131,072 tokens).

Meta
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Input131,072 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen4-Max-Preview
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Thu Nov 12 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Qwen4-Max-Preview supports multimodal inputs, whereas Llama 3.3 70B Instruct does not.

Qwen4-Max-Preview can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen4-Max-Preview

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is licensed under Llama 3.3 Community License Agreement, while Qwen4-Max-Preview uses a proprietary license.

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

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

Llama 3.3 Community License Agreement

Open weights

Qwen4-Max-Preview

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct was released on 2024-12-06, while Qwen4-Max-Preview was released on 2026-11-11.

Qwen4-Max-Preview is 24 months newer than Llama 3.3 70B Instruct.

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

Dec 6, 2024

1.9 years ago

Qwen4-Max-Preview

Nov 11, 2026

1 days ago

1.9yr 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

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and Qwen4-Max-Preview side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
✓ Preferred
Qwen4-Max-Preview
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FAQ

Common questions about Llama 3.3 70B Instruct vs Qwen4-Max-Preview.

Which is better, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct or Qwen4-Max-Preview?

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (Meta) and Qwen4-Max-Preview (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 3.3 70B Instruct compare to Qwen4-Max-Preview in benchmarks?

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct scores IFEval: 92.1%, MGSM: 91.1%, HumanEval: 88.4%, MBPP EvalPlus: 87.6%, MMLU: 86.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and Qwen4-Max-Preview?

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct supports 131K tokens and Qwen4-Max-Preview 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 3.3 70B Instruct and Qwen4-Max-Preview?

Key differences include multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (Llama 3.3 Community License Agreement vs Proprietary). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and Qwen4-Max-Preview?

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is developed by Meta and Qwen4-Max-Preview is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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