Llama 3.1 70B Instruct vs Qwen Plus Character (Japanese).

model vs model · prices as of

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct takes 4 of 5 rounds against Qwen Plus Character (Japanese). It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $1.60 per million tokens against $1.89.

Metawins 4 rounds

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

$1.60/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at Kilo Gateway · $0.264 per 1,000 pages

131k context · tool calling · open weights

Alibaba Cloud

Qwen Plus Character (Japanese)

$1.89/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at Eden AI · $0.25 per 1,000 pages

8k context · tool calling

Eden AI

List price in (lower wins)

$0.72/M

$0.50/M

List price out (lower wins)

$0.72/M

$1.40/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

$1.60/M at Kilo Gateway

$1.89/M at Eden AI

Standard price (lower wins)

$2.88/M

$2.90/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.264

$0.25

Context

131k tokens

8k tokens

Open weights

yes

no

Tool calling

yes

yes

Structured output

yes

not stated

Reads images

no

no

Reasoning

no

no

Released

23 Jul 2024

1 Jan 2024

Providers selling it

12

3

Price we measure against

OpenRouter

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

not stated

not stated

Providers selling both · 0

No provider we read sells both, so running the two means two accounts.

Go further

Add a third or fourth model, or switch the weighting, in the tool.

What moved in the last seven days

  1. Llama 3.1 70B InstructOpenRouterOpenRouter's list price, in and out per million tokens$0.40 / $0.40 $0.72 / $0.7280% dearer ·
  2. Llama 3.1 70B InstructOpenRouter$0.40 / $0.40 $0.72 / $0.7280% dearer ·
  3. Llama 3.1 70B InstructNous Portal$0.32 / $0.32 $0.40 / $0.4025% dearer ·

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Llama 3.1 70B Instruct or Qwen Plus Character (Japanese)?
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct, at $1.60 per million tokens against $1.89 for Qwen Plus Character (Japanese), three parts input to one part output, read on 21 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct: $1.60 at Kilo Gateway. Qwen Plus Character (Japanese): $1.89 at Eden AI.
Can I buy both from one provider?
No provider we read sells both, so running the two means two accounts and two bills.
Which holds more context?
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct, at 131k tokens against 8k.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 21 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.

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