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Claude 3.7 Sonnet (thinking) vs Meta Llama3 2 11b Instruct
This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.
Model
Claude 3.7 Sonnet (thinking)
Context window
200K
200,000 tokens · ~150K words
Model
Meta Llama3 2 11b Instruct
Context window
128K
128,000 tokens · ~96K words
Context window · side by side
Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.
Claude 3.7 Sonnet (thinking) has about 1.6× the context window of the other in this pair.
Claude 3.7 Sonnet (thinking) has 56% more context capacity (200K vs 128K tokens).
Quick verdicts
Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.
Long document processing
Use Claude 3.7 Sonnet (thinking). Its 200K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 128K).
Long output (reports, code files)
Use Claude 3.7 Sonnet (thinking). Its 64K max output lets you generate complete artifacts in one request.
Full specs
Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.
| Spec | Claude 3.7 Sonnet (thinking) | Meta Llama3 2 11b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 200,000 tokens (200K) | 128,000 tokens (128K) |
| Max output tokens | 64,000 tokens (64K) | 4,096 tokens (4K) |
| Speed tier | Deep | Fast |
| Vision | Yes | Yes |
| Function calling | Yes | Yes |
| Extended thinking | Yes | No |
| Prompt caching | Yes | No |
| Batch API | Yes | No |
| Release date | Feb 2025 | N/A |
Pricing matrix
Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.
| Provider | Claude 3.7 Sonnet (thinking) in | Claude 3.7 Sonnet (thinking) out | Meta Llama3 2 11b Instruct in | Meta Llama3 2 11b Instruct out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aws Bedrock | — | — | $0.350/M | $0.350/M |
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