Compare/Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct vs Llama 3 Instruct 70B

Qwen3 VL 32B InstructvsLlama 3 Instruct 70B

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

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Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct

Input
$0.7/M
Output
$2.8/M
Speed
63 tok/s
TTFT
1.14s
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Llama 3 Instruct 70B

Input
$0.65/M
Output
$2.75/M
Speed
46 tok/s
TTFT
0.70s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Llama 3 Instruct 70B
Faster (tok/s)
Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct
Lower Latency
Llama 3 Instruct 70B
Benchmarks (11-1)
Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct

Pricing Comparison

MetricQwen3 VL 32B InstructLlama 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 VL 32B Instruct$0.98
Llama 3 Instruct 70B$0.93

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct
63 tok/s
Llama 3 Instruct 70B
46 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct
1.14s
Llama 3 Instruct 70B
0.70s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
17.28.9
Coding Index
15.66.8
Math Index
68.3
GPQA Diamond
67.1%37.9%
MMLU-Pro
79.1%57.4%
LiveCodeBench
51.4%19.8%
AIME 2025
68.3%
MATH-500
48.3%
Humanity's Last Exam
6.3%4.4%
SciCode
30.1%18.9%
IFBench
39.2%37.1%
TerminalBench
8.3%0.8%
Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct11 wins
1 winsLlama 3 Instruct 70B

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct 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 VL 32B Instruct.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct wins 11 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 1 for Llama 3 Instruct 70B. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct generates tokens faster at 63 tok/s vs 46 tok/s. However, Llama 3 Instruct 70B has lower time-to-first-token (0.70s vs 1.14s).

When should I use Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct vs Llama 3 Instruct 70B?

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