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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Turbo vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Turbo grades higher overall (33.7 against 31.6). Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Turbo costs 58% less for the same work.

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Turbo

by Meta · #60 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
128K
Input / 1M
$0.10
Output / 1M
$0.32

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

by Qwen · #61 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
32K
Input / 1M
$0.36
Output / 1M
$0.40

Better overall

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Turbo

Grade 33.7 vs 31.6

Cheaper

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Turbo

58% less, $0.15 vs $0.37 blended

Larger context

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Turbo

128K vs 32K tokens

Head to head

Public benchmarks. Longer is better; each value links to its source.

LMArena TextElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct TurboLlama 3.3 70B Instruct Turbo: 1,318
Qwen2.5 72B InstructQwen2.5 72B Instruct: 1,303
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct TurboLlama 3.3 70B Instruct Turbo: 1,346
Qwen2.5 72B InstructQwen2.5 72B Instruct: 1,355

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct TurboQwen2.5 72B Instructv = reported by the model’s maker. — = no public score yet. Arena bars span the range across every model we grade.

What it costs you

Drag to match your monthly usage.

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Turbo$32.80 /month
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct$88.00 /month

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Turbo saves you $55.20 a month at this usage, $662 a year.

At a glance

AttributeLlama 3.3 70B Instruct TurboQwen2.5 72B Instruct
Made byMetaQwen
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeGood · 33.7Good · 31.6
Overall rank#60 of 67#61 of 67
Input price$0.10 per 1M$0.36 per 1M
Output price$0.32 per 1M$0.40 per 1M
Context window131,072 tokens32,768 tokens
Reasoning levelsNoNo
Reads imagesNoNo
Model IDllama-3.3-70b-instruct-turboqwen2.5-72b-instruct

Try both with one key

Same endpoint, same key, both hosted in the USA. Change one word to switch models, in Claude Code, Cursor, Cline or your own code.

Get your API key
# Ask either model the same thing
curl https://fullsendai.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FULLSEND_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"model": "llama-3.3-70b-instruct-turbo", "messages": [...]}'

# …then swap one word
  -d '{"model": "qwen2.5-72b-instruct", "messages": [...]}'

Questions

Is Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Turbo or Qwen2.5 72B Instruct better?

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Turbo grades 33.7 against 31.6 for Qwen2.5 72B Instruct, from public benchmarks.

Which is cheaper, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Turbo or Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Turbo: $0.10 in and $0.32 out per million tokens, against $0.36 and $0.40 through FullsendAI.

Which has the larger context window?

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Turbo, with 131,072 tokens.

Can I use both with one API key?

Yes, once they launch: both are coming soon, at the prices shown, and both will use the same FullsendAI key.

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Scores: LMArena (CC BY 4.0), and model makers’ published results where marked v. Prices are FullsendAI’s, per million tokens. Data as of Oct 28, 2026.