Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) vs Llama 3.1 Instruct 70B

Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) 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 Sonnet 4.6 (Max)Off the frontier
Intelligence
30.10
Total cost
$4925
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 Sonnet 4.6 (Max)Llama 3.1 Instruct 70BDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)30.16.6−78.1% Llama 3.1 Instruct 70B is 78.1% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$4,924.80Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)104.36s14.42s−86.2% Llama 3.1 Instruct 70B is 86.2% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$3.00 / $15.0$0.56 / $0.56
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