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  5. Claude Opus 5.5vsLlama 3.1 405B
Updated Sep 2026

Claude Opus 5.5vsLlama 3.1 405B

Llama 3.1 405B is cheaper than Claude Opus 5.5 at $2.7/M vs $4/M input tokens.

Claude Opus 5.5 and Llama 3.1 405B compared across 5 shared prompts
SpecClaude Opus 5.5Llama 3.1 405B
Input price$4/M tokens$2.7/M tokens
Output price$20/M tokens$3.1/M tokens
Context window1.0M tokens128K tokens
WeightsClosedOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedSep 2026Jul 2024
Our Verdict
Claude Opus 5.5
Claude Opus 5.5
Llama 3.1 405B
Llama 3.1 405B

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

Llama 3.1 405B costs 6.5x less per token.

Too close to call
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Claude Opus 5.5
Input
$4.00
Output
$20.00
Llama 3.1 405B
Input
$2.70
1.5× cheaper
Output
$3.10
6.5× cheaper

Llama 3.1 405B is cheaper on both: 1.5× input, 6.5× output.

Where to run it

4 hosts

Claude Opus 5.54 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
Amazon Bedrock$4.00 in·$20.00 out·1M·99.8% upAzure AI Foundry$4.00 in·$20.00 out·1M·100% upAnthropic$4.00 in·$20.00 out·1M·100% upGoogle Vertex AI$4.00 in·$20.00 out·1M·100% up
Llama 3.1 405B

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 25 Sep 2026.

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Claude Opus 5.5 is developed by Anthropic while Llama 3.1 405B is developed by Meta AI. Claude Opus 5.5 has a 1.0M token context window vs Llama 3.1 405B's 128K. You can compare their actual outputs across 5 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. Claude Opus 5.5 and Llama 3.1 405B each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 5 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

Claude Opus 5.5 costs $4/M input tokens and Llama 3.1 405B costs $2.7/M input tokens. Llama 3.1 405B is $1.30/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

This page shows a side-by-side comparison of Claude Opus 5.5 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.

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