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Llama-3.1 70B

VS
Z.ai (Zhipu AI)

GLM-5.1

✍️ Analysis by:the whichllmmodel Editorial Team|📅 Updated: June 2026

Decision Recommendation

⚖️ Editorial Verdict: In our analysis, GLM-5.1 is the premium intelligence choice, scoring 58.4% higher on coding benchmarks. However, this accuracy premium comes with a cost overhead: Llama-3.1 70B is 1.0x cheaper to run and delivers 1.0x faster throughput. If you are building high-volume, simple chatbots or processing massive amounts of text where budget is critical, Llama-3.1 70B offers excellent cost savings. For agentic reasoning, code refactoring, or complex logical tasks, the accuracy premium of GLM-5.1 fully justifies the cost.

Model Specs

Llama-3.1 70B

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)
N/A
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)
46.7%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)
N/AInput: N/A | Output: N/A
Speed
193 tps
Context Window
131.07k tokens
Model Specs

GLM-5.1

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)Winner (+)
58.4%
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)Winner (+39.5%)
86.2%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)
$1.50Input: $0.98 | Output: $3.08
Speed
N/A
Context WindowLarger
204.8k tokens

Frequently Asked Questions

Pricing data is currently unavailable for one or both of these models, so a direct cost comparison cannot be determined.

Speed data is not available for GLM-5.1, while Llama-3.1 70B generates 193 tokens per second.

GLM-5.1 is better for coding tasks. It scores 58.4% on coding evaluations (swe-bench-pro) compared to Llama-3.1 70B which scores N/A.

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