Is Llama 3.1 405B Instruct or Qwen3.5 397B A17B cheaper?

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.00 vs $3.60 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Llama 3.1 405B Instruct or Qwen3.5 397B A17B?

Qwen3.5 397B A17B has the larger context window (250K tokens).

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen3.5 397B A17B offers a larger context window. Choose Llama 3.1 405B Instruct or Qwen3.5 397B A17B based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Llama 3.1 405B Instruct	Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Provider	Cortecs	Cortecs
Input / 1M tokens	$0.00	$0.60
Output / 1M tokens	$0.00	$3.60
Context window	128K	250K
Parameters	—	397B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Jul 2024	Feb 2026

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct details →Qwen3.5 397B A17B details →

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