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Qwen2.5 72B Instruct vs Meta Llama 3 8B
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Winner summary
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct wins on 4/6 benchmarks
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct wins 4 of 6 shared benchmarks. Leads in general · language · math.
Category leads
general·Qwen2.5 72B Instructknowledge·Meta Llama 3 8Blanguage·Qwen2.5 72B Instructmath·Qwen2.5 72B Instructreasoning·Meta Llama 3 8B
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
#82 by perf·no signal
Meta Llama 3 8B
#121 by perf·no signal
Best value
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
140.0 pts/$
$0.38/M
Meta Llama 3 8B
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no price
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Meta AI
$1.50T·Tier 1
Head to head
6 benchmarks · 2 models
Qwen2.5 72B InstructMeta Llama 3 8B
BBH (HuggingFace)
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads by +13.2
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
61.9
Meta Llama 3 8B
48.7
GPQA
Meta Llama 3 8B leads by +3.0
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
16.7
Meta Llama 3 8B
19.7
IFEval
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads by +70.3
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
86.4
Meta Llama 3 8B
16.0
MATH Level 5
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads by +41.2
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
59.8
Meta Llama 3 8B
18.6
MMLU-PRO
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads by +10.2
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
51.4
Meta Llama 3 8B
41.2
MUSR
Meta Llama 3 8B leads by +4.3
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
11.7
Meta Llama 3 8B
16.0
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | Meta Llama 3 8B |
|---|---|---|
BBH (HuggingFace) | 61.9 | 48.7 |
GPQA | 16.7 | 19.7 |
IFEval | 86.4 | 16.0 |
MATH Level 5 | 59.8 | 18.6 |
MMLU-PRO | 51.4 | 41.2 |
MUSR | 11.7 | 16.0 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.36 | $0.40 | 33K tokens (~16 books) | $3.70 | |
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