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Llama 3.1 70B Instruct vs DeepSeek V3.1
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Winner summary
DeepSeek V3.1 wins on 2/2 benchmarks
DeepSeek V3.1 wins 2 of 2 shared benchmarks. Leads in arena · coding.
Category leads
arena·DeepSeek V3.1coding·DeepSeek V3.1
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
#154 by perf·no signal
DeepSeek V3.1
#88 by perf·no signal
Best value
DeepSeek V3.1
1.2x better value than Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
94.5 pts/$
$0.40/M
DeepSeek V3.1
113.6 pts/$
$0.45/M
Vendor risk
Mixed exposure
One or more vendors flagged
Meta AI
$1.50T·Tier 1
DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Head to head
2 benchmarks · 2 models
Llama 3.1 70B InstructDeepSeek V3.1
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
DeepSeek V3.1 leads by +125.1
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
1292.8
DeepSeek V3.1
1417.9
WeirdML
DeepSeek V3.1 leads by +29.4
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
9.0
DeepSeek V3.1
38.4
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 70B Instruct | DeepSeek V3.1 |
|---|---|---|
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1292.8 | 1417.9 |
WeirdML WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns. | 9.0 | 38.4 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.40 | $0.40 | 131K tokens (~66 books) | $4.00 | |
| $0.15 | $0.75 | 33K tokens (~16 books) | $3.00 |