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Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Llama 3 70B

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

Quick Verdict

Claude 3.5 Sonnet wins overall with a score of 55 vs 48 (7 point difference).Claude 3.5 Sonnet wins 4 out of 4 categories.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

CreatorAnthropic
TypeProprietary
Context200K
Score55

Llama 3 70B

CreatorMeta
TypeOpen Weight
Context128K
Score48

Knowledge

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

63.5

Llama 3 70B

56.5

65
MMLU
58
65
GPQA
58
63
SuperGPQA
56
61
OpenBookQA
54

Coding

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

57

Llama 3 70B

50

57
HumanEval
50

Mathematics

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

64

Llama 3 70B

57

65
AIME 2023
58
67
AIME 2024
60
66
AIME 2025
59
61
HMMT Feb 2023
54
63
HMMT Feb 2024
56
62
HMMT Feb 2025
55
64
BRUMO 2025
57

Reasoning

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

62

Llama 3 70B

55

63
SimpleQA
56
61
MuSR
54

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Llama 3 70B?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet scores higher overall with 55 vs 48, a difference of 7 points across all benchmarks.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Llama 3 70B?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads in knowledge tasks with an average score of 63.5 vs 56.5.

Which is better for coding, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Llama 3 70B?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads in coding with an average score of 57 vs 50.

Which is better for math, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Llama 3 70B?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads in math with an average score of 64 vs 57.

Which is better for reasoning, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Llama 3 70B?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads in reasoning with an average score of 62 vs 55.

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