The Meta Llama 3.3 multilingual large language model (LLM) is a pretrained and instruction tuned generative model in 70B (text in/text out). The Llama 3.3 instruction tuned text only model is optimized for multilingual dialogue use cases an…
Model details →Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Qwen2.5 72B is the latest series of Qwen large language models. Qwen2.5 brings the following improvements upon Qwen2: - Significantly more knowledge and has greatly improved capabilities in coding and mathematics, thanks to our specialized…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 66K | 33K | 🏆 Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.00 | $0.12 | 🏆 Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.00 | $0.39 | 🏆 Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) |
| 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 3.3 70B Instruct (free) better than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?
Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?
Input: $0.00 vs $0.12 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.00 vs $0.39 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct support?
Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) supports up to 66K tokens. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct supports up to 33K tokens.
Do both Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct support tool calling?
Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free): yes. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: yes.