Meta (Llama) (15 models) vs Qwen (Alibaba) (51 models) - compared across composite scores, pricing, capabilities, and context windows.
| Capability | Meta (Llama) | Qwen (Alibaba) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
Vision | 4/15 | 19/51 | Qwen (Alibaba) |
Reasoning | 0/15 | 24/51 | Qwen (Alibaba) |
Function Calling | 7/15 | 45/51 | Qwen (Alibaba) |
JSON Mode | 9/15 | 47/51 | Qwen (Alibaba) |
Web Search | 0/15 | 0/51 | Tie |
Streaming | 15/15 | 51/51 | Qwen (Alibaba) |
Image Output | 0/15 | 0/51 | Tie |
| Metric | Meta (Llama) | Qwen (Alibaba) |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest Input (per 1M tokens) | $0.020 Llama 3 8B Instruct | $0.030 Qwen2.5 Coder 7B Instruct |
| Cheapest Output (per 1M tokens) | $0.040 | $0.090 |
| Most Expensive Input (per 1M tokens) | $4.00 Llama 3.1 405B (base) | $1.04 Qwen-Max |
| Most Expensive Output (per 1M tokens) | $4.00 | $4.16 |
| Free Models | 2 | 3 |
| Max Context Window | 1.0M | 1.0M |
| Model | Score | Input $/M | Output $/M |
|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 4 Maverick | 77 | $0.150 | $0.600 |
| Llama 4 Scout | 72 | $0.080 | $0.300 |
| Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | 66 | $0.100 | $0.320 |
| Llama 3.1 70B Instruct | 60 | $0.400 | $0.400 |
| Llama Guard 4 12B | 59 | $0.180 | $0.180 |
| Llama 3.2 11B Vision Instruct | 54 | $0.049 | $0.049 |
| Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) | 44 | Free | Free |
| Llama Guard 3 8B | 43 | $0.020 | $0.060 |
| Llama 3.1 8B Instruct | 42 | $0.020 | $0.050 |
| Llama 3 70B Instruct | 41 | $0.510 | $0.740 |
| Llama 3.1 405B (base) | 39 | $4.00 | $4.00 |
| Llama 3.2 3B Instruct | 36 | $0.051 | $0.340 |
| Llama 3.2 3B Instruct (free) | 35 | Free | Free |
| Llama 3.2 1B Instruct | 32 | $0.027 | $0.200 |
| Llama 3 8B Instruct | 30 | $0.030 | $0.040 |
| Model | Score | Input $/M | Output $/M |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 | 85 | $0.260 | $1.56 |
| Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking | 85 | $0.117 | $1.36 |
| Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking | 85 | $0.130 | $1.56 |
| Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) | 83 | $0.260 | $0.780 |
| Tongyi DeepResearch 30B A3B | 82 | $0.090 | $0.450 |
| Qwen3.5 397B A17B | 82 | $0.390 | $2.34 |
| Qwen3 Max Thinking | 82 | $0.780 | $3.90 |
| Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct | 81 | $0.104 | $0.416 |
| Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | 81 | $0.080 | $0.500 |
| Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct | 81 | $0.130 | $0.520 |
| Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 | 81 | $0.080 | $0.400 |
| Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | 80 | $0.260 | $2.08 |
| Qwen3.5-Flash | 79 | $0.065 | $0.260 |
| Qwen3.5-9B | 79 | $0.050 | $0.150 |
| Qwen3.5-27B | 79 | $0.195 | $1.56 |
| Qwen3 Coder Plus | 79 | $0.650 | $3.25 |
| Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | 78 | $0.163 | $1.30 |
| Qwen3 Coder Flash | 78 | $0.195 | $0.975 |
| Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking | 77 | $0.260 | $2.60 |
| Qwen Plus 0728 | 77 | $0.260 | $0.780 |
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