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Meta Llama3 1 70b Instruct vs Qwen3 Max Preview

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 70b Instruct

Tool calling

Context window

128K

128,000 tokens · ~96K words

Model page
Alibaba

Model

Qwen3 Max Preview

Tool calling

Context window

258K

258,048 tokens · ~194K words

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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 70b Instruct128K
Qwen3 Max Preview258K

Qwen3 Max Preview has about 2× the context window of the other in this pair.

Qwen3 Max Preview has 101% more context capacity (258K vs 128K tokens).

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Qwen3 Max Preview. Its 258K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 128K).

  • Long output (reports, code files)

    Use Qwen3 Max Preview. Its 65K 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 70b InstructQwen3 Max Preview
Context window128,000 tokens (128K)258,048 tokens (258K)
Max output tokens2,048 tokens (2K)65,536 tokens (65K)
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 70b Instruct inMeta Llama3 1 70b Instruct outQwen3 Max Preview inQwen3 Max Preview out
Alibaba Cloud
Aws Bedrock$0.990/M$0.990/M

Frequently asked questions

Qwen3 Max Preview has a larger context window: 258K 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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