Compare/Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning) vs Llama 3 Instruct 70B

Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning)vsLlama 3 Instruct 70B

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

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Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning)

Input
$0.7/M
Output
$2.8/M
Speed
101 tok/s
TTFT
1.22s
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Llama 3 Instruct 70B

Input
$0.65/M
Output
$2.75/M
Speed
47 tok/s
TTFT
0.67s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Llama 3 Instruct 70B
Faster (tok/s)
Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning)
Lower Latency
Llama 3 Instruct 70B
Benchmarks (8-3)
Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning)

Pricing Comparison

MetricQwen3 32B (Non-reasoning)Llama 3 Instruct 70B
Input ($/M tokens)$0.7$0.65
Output ($/M tokens)$2.8$2.75
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning)$0.98
Llama 3 Instruct 70B$0.93

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning)
101 tok/s
Llama 3 Instruct 70B
47 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning)
1.22s
Llama 3 Instruct 70B
0.67s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
8.63.5
Coding Index
Math Index
19.7
GPQA Diamond
53.5%37.9%
MMLU-Pro
72.7%57.4%
LiveCodeBench
28.8%19.8%
AIME 2025
19.7%
MATH-500
86.9%48.3%
Humanity's Last Exam
4.3%4.4%
SciCode
28.0%18.9%
IFBench
31.5%37.1%
TerminalBench
0.8%
Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning)8 wins
3 winsLlama 3 Instruct 70B

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning) or Llama 3 Instruct 70B?

Llama 3 Instruct 70B is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $1.18/M tokens vs $1.23/M for Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning) wins 8 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 3 for Llama 3 Instruct 70B. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning) generates tokens faster at 101 tok/s vs 47 tok/s. However, Llama 3 Instruct 70B has lower time-to-first-token (0.67s vs 1.22s).

When should I use Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning) vs Llama 3 Instruct 70B?

Choose based on your priorities: Llama 3 Instruct 70B for lower cost, Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning) for stronger benchmark performance, and Qwen3 32B (Non-reasoning) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.