Compare/Llama 3.1 Instruct 70B vs Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct

Llama 3.1 Instruct 70BvsSeed-OSS-36B-Instruct

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

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Llama 3.1 Instruct 70B

Input
$0.56/M
Output
$0.56/M
Speed
31 tok/s
TTFT
0.55s
ByteDance Seed

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct

Input
$0.21/M
Output
$0.57/M
Speed
40 tok/s
TTFT
1.60s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct
Faster (tok/s)
Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct
Lower Latency
Llama 3.1 Instruct 70B
Benchmarks (1-11)
Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct

Pricing Comparison

MetricLlama 3.1 Instruct 70BSeed-OSS-36B-Instruct
Input ($/M tokens)$0.56$0.21
Output ($/M tokens)$0.56$0.57
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Llama 3.1 Instruct 70B$0.62
Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct$0.27

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Llama 3.1 Instruct 70B
31 tok/s
Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct
40 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Llama 3.1 Instruct 70B
0.55s
Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct
1.60s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
12.525.2
Coding Index
10.916.7
Math Index
4.084.7
GPQA Diamond
40.9%72.6%
MMLU-Pro
67.6%81.5%
LiveCodeBench
23.2%76.5%
AIME 2025
4.0%84.7%
MATH-500
64.9%
Humanity's Last Exam
4.6%9.1%
SciCode
26.7%36.5%
IFBench
34.4%41.9%
TerminalBench
3.0%6.8%
Llama 3.1 Instruct 70B1 wins
11 winsSeed-OSS-36B-Instruct

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Llama 3.1 Instruct 70B or Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct?

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.30/M tokens vs $0.56/M for Llama 3.1 Instruct 70B.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct wins 11 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 1 for Llama 3.1 Instruct 70B. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct generates tokens faster at 40 tok/s vs 31 tok/s. Llama 3.1 Instruct 70B also has lower time-to-first-token (0.55s vs 1.60s).

When should I use Llama 3.1 Instruct 70B vs Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct?

Choose based on your priorities: Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct for lower cost, Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct for stronger benchmark performance, and Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.