What is the difference between Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Llama 3.1 405B?

Claude 3.7 Sonnet is developed by Anthropic while Llama 3.1 405B is developed by Meta AI. Claude 3.7 Sonnet has a 200K token context window vs Llama 3.1 405B's 128K. You can compare their actual outputs across 12 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

Which is better, Claude 3.7 Sonnet or Llama 3.1 405B?

It depends on your use case. Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Llama 3.1 405B each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 12 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

How much does Claude 3.7 Sonnet cost compared to Llama 3.1 405B?

Claude 3.7 Sonnet costs $3/M input tokens and Llama 3.1 405B costs $2.7/M input tokens. Llama 3.1 405B is $0.30/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

How can I compare Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Llama 3.1 405B on Rival?

This page shows a side-by-side comparison of Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Llama 3.1 405B across shared challenges. You can vote on which model produced the better output in a blind duel. Browsing and voting are free. No account is needed to look; signing in only saves your votes and likes.

Updated Feb 2025

Claude 3.7 SonnetvsLlama 3.1 405B

Llama 3.1 405B is cheaper than Claude 3.7 Sonnet at $2.7/M vs $3/M input tokens.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Llama 3.1 405B compared across 12 shared prompts
Spec	Claude 3.7 Sonnet	Llama 3.1 405B
Input price	$3/M tokens	$2.7/M tokens
Output price	$15/M tokens	$3.1/M tokens
Context window	200K tokens	128K tokens
Parameters	Not disclosed	405B
Weights	—	Open
Free API (OpenRouter)	No	No
Released	Feb 2025	Jul 2024
MMLU	80.3%	88.6%

Our Verdict

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Llama 3.1 405B

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, nothing separates them.

Llama 3.1 405B costs 4.8x less per token.

Too close to call

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Input

$3.00

Output

$15.00

Llama 3.1 405B

Input

$2.70

1.1× cheaper

Output

$3.10

4.8× cheaper

Llama 3.1 405B is cheaper on both: 1.1× input, 4.8× output.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity

51%

Claude 3.7 Sonnet uses 217.0x more bold

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Llama 3.1 405B

61%Vocabulary55%

33wSentence Length15w

0.83Hedging0.41

2.2Bold0.0

4.9Lists1.9

0.00Emoji0.03

1.78Headings0.00

0.16Transitions0.16

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