Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) vs Llama 3.1 Instruct 70B

Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) 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 Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback)On the frontier
Intelligence
53.60
Total cost
$2172
MetaLlama 3.1 Instruct 70BNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
6.60
Total cost
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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 Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback)Llama 3.1 Instruct 70BDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)53.66.6−87.7% Llama 3.1 Instruct 70B is 87.7% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$2,172.43Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)33.81s14.53s−57.0% Llama 3.1 Instruct 70B is 57.0% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$4.00 / $20.0$0.56 / $0.56
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