Claude 4.1 Opus vs Llama 3 70B

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

Quick Verdict

Claude 4.1 Opus wins overall with a score of 61 vs 48 (13 point difference).Claude 4.1 Opus wins 4 out of 4 categories.

Knowledge

Claude 4.1 Opus

Claude 4.1 Opus

74.5

Llama 3 70B

56.5

76
MMLU
58
76
GPQA
58
74
SuperGPQA
56
72
OpenBookQA
54

Coding

Claude 4.1 Opus

Claude 4.1 Opus

68

Llama 3 70B

50

68
HumanEval
50

Mathematics

Claude 4.1 Opus

Claude 4.1 Opus

75

Llama 3 70B

57

76
AIME 2023
58
78
AIME 2024
60
77
AIME 2025
59
72
HMMT Feb 2023
54
74
HMMT Feb 2024
56
73
HMMT Feb 2025
55
75
BRUMO 2025
57

Reasoning

Claude 4.1 Opus

Claude 4.1 Opus

73

Llama 3 70B

55

74
SimpleQA
56
72
MuSR
54

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Claude 4.1 Opus or Llama 3 70B?

Claude 4.1 Opus scores higher overall with 61 vs 48, a difference of 13 points across all benchmarks.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Claude 4.1 Opus or Llama 3 70B?

Claude 4.1 Opus leads in knowledge tasks with an average score of 74.5 vs 56.5.

Which is better for coding, Claude 4.1 Opus or Llama 3 70B?

Claude 4.1 Opus leads in coding with an average score of 68 vs 50.

Which is better for math, Claude 4.1 Opus or Llama 3 70B?

Claude 4.1 Opus leads in math with an average score of 75 vs 57.

Which is better for reasoning, Claude 4.1 Opus or Llama 3 70B?

Claude 4.1 Opus leads in reasoning with an average score of 73 vs 55.