Meta's latest class of model (Llama 3.1) launched with a variety of sizes & flavors. This 70B instruct-tuned version is optimized for high quality dialogue usecases. It has demonstrated strong performance compared to leading closed-source …
Model details →Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct vs Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct
Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct is a 30.5B parameter Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model with 128 experts (8 active per forward pass), designed for advanced code generation, repository-scale understanding, and agentic tool use. Built on the Qwen3 a…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct | Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 131K | 160K | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.40 | $0.07 | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.40 | $0.27 | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | — | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | — | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct better than Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct?
Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct and Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct?
Input: $0.40 vs $0.07 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.40 vs $0.27 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct and Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct support?
Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct supports up to 131K tokens. Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct supports up to 160K tokens.
Do both Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct and Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct support tool calling?
Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct: yes. Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct: yes.