Llama 3.1 Instruct 405B API Provider Benchmarking & Analysis
Analysis of API providers for Llama 3.1 Instruct 405B across performance metrics including latency (time to first token), output speed (output tokens per second), price and others. API providers benchmarked include Amazon Bedrock Latency Optimized, Amazon Bedrock Standard, Microsoft Azure.
Fastest
Amazon Latency Optimized
AzureAmazon StandardOutput speed
Total 3 providers
Lowest Latency
AzureAmazon Latency OptimizedAmazon StandardTime to first token
Total 3 providers
Lowest Price
Amazon StandardAmazon Latency OptimizedAzureBlended price (per 1M tokens)
Total 3 providers
Llama 3.1 405B is available through 3 API providers, each offering different performance characteristics and pricing. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across providers.
- For output speed, the top providers are Amazon Latency Optimized (71.9 t/s), Azure (29.2 t/s), Amazon Standard (15.7 t/s).
- For latency, Azure (1.95s), Amazon Latency Optimized (2.17s), Amazon Standard (8.13s) offer the lowest time to first token.
- For pricing, Amazon Standard (2.40), Amazon Latency Optimized (3.00), Azure (8.00) offer the lowest blended prices per 1M tokens.
Update: Default performance benchmarking workload has updated to 10k input tokens to better reflect production use cases. You can still select different workloads above!
Pricing
Pricing: Input and Output Prices: Llama 3.1 405B Providers
Speed vs. Price: Llama 3.1 405B Providers
Speed
Measured by Output Speed (tokens per second)
Output Speed: Llama 3.1 405B Providers
Latency vs. Output Speed: Llama 3.1 405B Providers
Latency
Measured by Time (seconds) to First Token
Time to First Token: Llama 3.1 405B Providers
End-to-End Response Time
Seconds to output 500 Tokens, calculated based on time to first token, 'thinking' time for reasoning models, and output speed
End-to-End Response Time: Llama 3.1 405B Providers
API Features
Function (Tool) Calling & JSON Mode: Llama 3.1 405B Providers
Context Window: Llama 3.1 405B Providers
Summary Table of Key Comparison Metrics
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Llama 3.1 Instruct 405B providers
Llama 3.1 Instruct 405B is available through 3 API providers: Amazon Latency Optimized, Amazon Standard, and Azure. Each provider offers different performance characteristics and pricing.
Llama 3.1 Instruct 405B is currently available through 3 API providers that we benchmark and track.
The fastest providers for Llama 3.1 Instruct 405B by output speed are Amazon Latency Optimized (71.9 t/s), Azure (29.2 t/s), and Amazon Standard (15.7 t/s). Output speed measures how quickly tokens are generated after the model starts responding.
The providers with the lowest time to first token for Llama 3.1 Instruct 405B are Azure (1.95s), Amazon Latency Optimized (2.17s), and Amazon Standard (8.13s). Lower latency means faster initial response time.
The most affordable providers for Llama 3.1 Instruct 405B by blended price are Amazon Standard ($2.40 per 1M tokens), Amazon Latency Optimized ($3.00 per 1M tokens), and Azure ($8.00 per 1M tokens). Blended price uses a 3:1 input to output token ratio.
The providers with the lowest input token pricing for Llama 3.1 Instruct 405B are Amazon Standard ($2.40 per 1M input tokens), Amazon Latency Optimized ($3.00 per 1M input tokens), and Azure ($5.33 per 1M input tokens).
The providers with the lowest output token pricing for Llama 3.1 Instruct 405B are Amazon Standard ($2.40 per 1M output tokens), Amazon Latency Optimized ($3.00 per 1M output tokens), and Azure ($16.00 per 1M output tokens).
Prices for Llama 3.1 Instruct 405B vary up to 3.3x across providers. The most affordable is Amazon Standard at $2.40 per 1M tokens, while Azure charges $8.00 per 1M tokens.
Output speed for Llama 3.1 Instruct 405B varies significantly across providers. Amazon Latency Optimized is the fastest at 71.9 t/s, which is 4.6x faster than Amazon Standard at 15.7 t/s.
2 of 3 providers support function calling for Llama 3.1 Instruct 405B: Amazon Latency Optimized and Amazon Standard.
The best provider for Llama 3.1 Instruct 405B depends on your priorities: Amazon Latency Optimized offers the highest output speed, Azure has the lowest latency, and Amazon Standard provides the most competitive pricing.
When choosing a provider for Llama 3.1 Instruct 405B, consider: output speed (for throughput-intensive tasks), latency (for interactive applications requiring quick first responses), pricing (for cost-sensitive workloads), and API features like JSON mode or function calling.
Yes, provider performance can vary over time due to infrastructure changes, load balancing, and updates. We continuously benchmark all providers and display historical performance trends in the "Over Time" charts.
For information about Llama 3.1 Instruct 405B's intelligence, capabilities, modalities, and how it compares to other models, see the model overview page. View model overview