Llama 2 Chat 7B: Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis
Analysis of Meta's Llama 2 Chat 7B and comparison to other AI models across key metrics including quality, price, performance (tokens per second & time to first token), context window & more. Click on any model to compare API providers for that model. For more details including relating to our methodology, see our FAQs.
Meta has launched a newer model, Llama 3 8B. We suggest considering this model instead of Llama 2 Chat 7B. See the following pages for a comparison of Llama 3 8B to other models and Llama 3 8B API provider benchmarks.
Comparison Summary
Intelligence:
Llama 2 Chat 7B is of lower intelligence compared to average, with Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index of 11.
Price:Llama 2 Chat 7B is cheaper compared to average with a price of $0.10 per 1M Tokens (blended 3:1).
Llama 2 Chat 7B Input token price: $0.05, Output token price: $0.25 per 1M Tokens.
Speed:Llama 2 Chat 7B Input token price: $0.05, Output token price: $0.25 per 1M Tokens.
Llama 2 Chat 7B is faster compared to average, with a output speed of 117.7 tokens per second.
Latency:Llama 2 Chat 7B has a lower latency compared to average, taking 0.54s to receive the first token (TTFT).
Context Window:Llama 2 Chat 7B has a smaller context windows than average, with a context window of 4.1k tokens.
Highlights
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index; Higher is better
Estimate (independent evaluation forthcoming)
Speed
Output Tokens per Second; Higher is better
Price
USD per 1M Tokens; Lower is better
Parallel Queries:
Prompt Length:
Note: Long prompts not supported as a context window of at least 10k tokens is required
Llama 2 Chat 7B Model Details
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