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Meta Llama 3.1 70B Instruct Turbo vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct grades higher overall (31.6 against 26.8). Qwen2.5 72B Instruct costs 8% less for the same work.

Meta Llama 3.1 70B Instruct Turbo

by Meta · #63 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
128K
Input / 1M
$0.40
Output / 1M
$0.40

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

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Grade 26.8 vs 31.6

Cheaper

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

8% less, $0.37 vs $0.40 blended

Larger context

Meta Llama 3.1 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
Meta Llama 3.1 70B Instruct TurboMeta Llama 3.1 70B Instruct Turbo: 1,293
Qwen2.5 72B InstructQwen2.5 72B Instruct: 1,303
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Meta Llama 3.1 70B Instruct TurboMeta Llama 3.1 70B Instruct Turbo: 1,333
Qwen2.5 72B InstructQwen2.5 72B Instruct: 1,355

Meta Llama 3.1 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.

Meta Llama 3.1 70B Instruct Turbo$96.00 /month
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct$88.00 /month

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct saves you $8.00 a month at this usage, $96.00 a year.

At a glance

AttributeMeta Llama 3.1 70B Instruct TurboQwen2.5 72B Instruct
Made byMetaQwen
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeGood · 26.8Good · 31.6
Overall rank#63 of 67#61 of 67
Input price$0.40 per 1M$0.36 per 1M
Output price$0.40 per 1M$0.40 per 1M
Context window131,072 tokens32,768 tokens
Reasoning levelsNoNo
Reads imagesNoNo
Model IDmeta-llama-3.1-70b-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": "meta-llama-3.1-70b-instruct-turbo", "messages": [...]}'

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

Questions

Is Meta Llama 3.1 70B Instruct Turbo or Qwen2.5 72B Instruct better?

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct grades 31.6 against 26.8 for Meta Llama 3.1 70B Instruct Turbo, from public benchmarks.

Which is cheaper, Meta Llama 3.1 70B Instruct Turbo or Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: $0.36 in and $0.40 out per million tokens, against $0.40 and $0.40 through FullsendAI.

Which has the larger context window?

Meta Llama 3.1 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.