Llama 3.1 70B (Instruct) vs Qwen3 Coder
Compare Llama 3.1 70B (Instruct) by Meta AI against Qwen3 Coder by Qwen, in 3 community votes, qwen3 coder wins 100% of head-to-head duels, tested across 52 shared challenges.
Image Generation: Qwen3 Coder wins 100% of votes
Our Verdict
Qwen3 CoderWinner
Llama 3.1 70B (Instruct)Runner-up
Pick Qwen3 Coder. In 3 blind votes, Qwen3 Coder wins 100% of the time. That's not luck.
Qwen3 Coder particularly excels in Image Generation.
Clear winner
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Llama 3.1 70B (Instruct)
Input
$0.59
Output
$0.79
1.2× cheaper
Qwen3 Coder
Input
$0.22
2.7× cheaper
Output
$0.95
Qwen3 Coder wins input (2.7× cheaper)·Llama 3.1 70B (Instruct) wins output (1.2× cheaper)
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
46%
Qwen3 Coder uses 11.6x more emoji
Llama 3.1 70B (Instruct)
Qwen3 Coder
51%Vocabulary61%
18wSentence Length72w
0.46Hedging0.61
3.4Bold4.7
5.6Lists5.6
0.00Emoji0.12
0.00Headings1.43
0.06Transitions0.20
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