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Meta Llama3 1 405b Instruct vs Qwen Turbo 2025 04 28

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.

Meta

Model

Meta Llama3 1 405b Instruct

Tool calling

Context window

128K

128,000 tokens · ~96K words

Model page
Alibaba

Model

Qwen Turbo 2025 04 28

Tool calling

Context window

1M

1,000,000 tokens · ~750K words

Model page

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.

Meta Llama3 1 405b Instruct128K
Qwen Turbo 2025 04 281M

Qwen Turbo 2025 04 28 has about 7.8× the context window of the other in this pair.

Qwen Turbo 2025 04 28 has 681% more context capacity (1000K vs 128K tokens). Qwen Turbo 2025 04 28 is 99% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Qwen Turbo 2025 04 28. Its 1000K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 128K).

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Qwen Turbo 2025 04 28. Input tokens are 99% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

  • Long output (reports, code files)

    Use Qwen Turbo 2025 04 28. Its 16K 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.

SpecMeta Llama3 1 405b InstructQwen Turbo 2025 04 28
Context window128,000 tokens (128K)1,000,000 tokens (1000K)
Max output tokens4,096 tokens (4K)16,384 tokens (16K)
Speed tierDeepBalanced
VisionNoNo
Function callingYesYes
Extended thinkingNoYes
Prompt cachingNoNo
Batch APINoNo
Release dateN/AN/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.

ProviderMeta Llama3 1 405b Instruct inMeta Llama3 1 405b Instruct outQwen Turbo 2025 04 28 inQwen Turbo 2025 04 28 out
Alibaba Cloud$0.050/M$0.200/M
Aws Bedrock$5.32/M$16.00/M

Frequently asked questions

Qwen Turbo 2025 04 28 has a larger context window: 1000K tokens vs 128K. For long documents, large codebases, or extended agent sessions, the larger context window reduces the need to chunk inputs or summarize history.

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Example: a multi-turn chat session

Without Mem0~128K tokens sent
Full history
Repeated info
Old context
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