Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning) vs Llama 3.1 Instruct 70B

Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning) vs Llama 3.1 Instruct 70B. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning)Off the frontier
Intelligence
20.70
Total cost
$1501
MetaLlama 3.1 Instruct 70BNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
6.60
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricClaude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning)Llama 3.1 Instruct 70BDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)20.76.6−68.1% Llama 3.1 Instruct 70B is 68.1% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$1,501.22Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)21.58s14.51s−32.8% Llama 3.1 Instruct 70B is 32.8% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$3.00 / $15.0$0.56 / $0.56
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