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Llama 3 8B Instruct vs Qwen 3.5 Plus (hosted 397B-A17B)
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Winner summary
Qwen 3.5 Plus (hosted 397B-A17B) wins on 2/2 benchmarks
Qwen 3.5 Plus (hosted 397B-A17B) wins 2 of 2 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge · math.
Category leads
knowledge·Qwen 3.5 Plus (hosted 397B-A17B)math·Qwen 3.5 Plus (hosted 397B-A17B)
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Llama 3 8B Instruct
#217 by perf·no signal
Qwen 3.5 Plus (hosted 397B-A17B)
#202 by perf·no signal
Best value
Llama 3 8B Instruct
Llama 3 8B Instruct
220.0 pts/$
$0.14/M
Qwen 3.5 Plus (hosted 397B-A17B)
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no price
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Meta AI
$1.50T·Tier 1
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
2 benchmarks · 2 models
Llama 3 8B InstructQwen 3.5 Plus (hosted 397B-A17B)
GPQA diamond
Qwen 3.5 Plus (hosted 397B-A17B) leads by +77.4
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
Llama 3 8B Instruct
1.4
Qwen 3.5 Plus (hosted 397B-A17B)
78.9
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
Qwen 3.5 Plus (hosted 397B-A17B) leads by +84.3
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
Llama 3 8B Instruct
0.7
Qwen 3.5 Plus (hosted 397B-A17B)
85.0
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Llama 3 8B Instruct | Qwen 3.5 Plus (hosted 397B-A17B) |
|---|---|---|
GPQA diamond Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs. | 1.4 | 78.9 |
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills. | 0.7 | 85.0 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.14 | $0.14 | 8K tokens (~4 books) | $1.40 | |
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