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  3. Llama 3.1 405B vs Cohere: North Mini Code (free)

Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026noindex (thin pair)

Llama 3.1 405B vs Cohere: North Mini Code (free) benchmark

In this head-to-head showdown, Cohere: North Mini Code (free) is more budget-friendly at $0/1M per 1M output tokens. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

Executive Comparison Verdict

Bottom Line: Choose Llama 3.1 405B if your priority is peak reasoning, complex code generation, and top preference Elo. Choose Cohere: North Mini Code (free) if you are optimizing for low latency, high throughput, and cost-efficient API deployment.
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Llama 3.1 405B

Meta flagship open-weight 405B dense foundation model with 128k context window.

Elo 1,370$3.5/1M out
Cohere
Cohere: North Mini Code (free)

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (cohere/north-mini-code:free). Preview until a second source matches.

$0/1M out
Top Rival Showdowns for Llama 3.1 405B
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Compare vs:vs Claude Opus 4.5vs GPT-5vs Gemini 3 Provs Grok 4.6vs DeepSeek V4 Pro
Preference Leader

No shared data

Single model data

Throughput Leader

No shared data

No latency data

Value per Dollar Leader

Cohere: North Mini Code (free)

$0 / 1M output

Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

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Percentile 0–100
Dimensional AdvantageLlama 3.1 405B 4/6
Head-to-Head Comparison

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

Llama 3.1 405B (7)vsCohere: North Mini Code (free) (3)
Llama 3.1 405B: 7W (70%)Overall: Llama 3.1 405BCohere: North Mini Code (free): 3W (30%)
← Llama 3.1 405BCohere: North Mini Code (free) →
Llama 3.1 405B (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo
1,370vs—
Coding Elo
1,385vs—
SWE-bench
58.4%vs—
LiveBench
61.2%vs—
GPQA Diamond
75.2%vs—
Llama 3.1 405B: 5WCohere: North Mini Code (free): 0W
Llama 3.1 405B (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed
42 tok/svs—
Time to first token
360 msvs—
Llama 3.1 405B: 2WCohere: North Mini Code (free): 0W
Cohere: North Mini Code (free) (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price
$3.5/1Mvs$0/1M
Input price
$1.25/1Mvs$0/1M
Context window
128kvs256k
Llama 3.1 405B: 0WCohere: North Mini Code (free): 3W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Preference Elo
Llama 3.1 405B1,370
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
Cohere: North Mini Code (free)—
Coding Elo
Llama 3.1 405B1,385
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
Cohere: North Mini Code (free)—
LiveBench
Llama 3.1 405B61.2%
livebench · Aug 17, 2026
Cohere: North Mini Code (free)—
SWE-bench
Llama 3.1 405B58.4%
swebench · Aug 17, 2026
Cohere: North Mini Code (free)—
GPQA Diamond
Llama 3.1 405B75.2%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Cohere: North Mini Code (free)—
Time to first token
Llama 3.1 405B360 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Cohere: North Mini Code (free)—
Output speed
Llama 3.1 405B42 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Cohere: North Mini Code (free)—
Input priceCohere: North Mini Code (free) (+$1.25/1M)
Llama 3.1 405B$1.25/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Cohere: North Mini Code (free)$0/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
Output priceCohere: North Mini Code (free) (+$3.5/1M)
Llama 3.1 405B$3.5/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Cohere: North Mini Code (free)$0/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
Context windowCohere: North Mini Code (free) (+128k)
Llama 3.1 405B128k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Cohere: North Mini Code (free)256k
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
BenchmarkLlama 3.1 405BCohere: North Mini Code (free)Advantage Delta
Preference Elo
1,370
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
——
Coding Elo
1,385
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
——
LiveBench
61.2%
livebench · Aug 17, 2026
——
SWE-bench
58.4%
swebench · Aug 17, 2026
——
GPQA Diamond
75.2%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Time to first token
360 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Output speed
42 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Input price
$1.25/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
$0/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
Cohere: North Mini Code (free) (+$1.25/1M)
Output price
$3.5/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
$0/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
Cohere: North Mini Code (free) (+$3.5/1M)
Context window
128k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
256k
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
Cohere: North Mini Code (free) (+128k)

Key Selection Recommendations

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    Cohere: North Mini Code (free):Pick Cohere: North Mini Code (free) when you are optimizing output cost.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatCohere: North Mini Code (free)

Lower output list price ($0/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGCohere: North Mini Code (free)

Larger window (256k).

Screenshots / visionCohere: North Mini Code (free)

Cohere: North Mini Code (free) is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target WorkloadRecommended PickEvaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agentsinsufficient dataNeed SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chatCohere: North Mini Code (free)Lower output list price ($0/1M).
Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient dataNeed TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAGCohere: North Mini Code (free)Larger window (256k).
Screenshots / visionCohere: North Mini Code (free)Cohere: North Mini Code (free) is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.
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Llama 3.1 405B

Elo 1,370
LiveBench61.2%
SWE-bench58.4%
Speed42 tok/s
Output cost$3.5/1M
Cohere

Cohere: North Mini Code (free)

Elo n/a
LiveBench—
SWE-bench—
Speed—
Output cost$0/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Llama 3.1 405B or Cohere: North Mini Code (free)?
We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Llama 3.1 405B or Cohere: North Mini Code (free)?
SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?
Cohere: North Mini Code (free) output tokens are $0/1M versus $3.5/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Llama 3.1 405B or Cohere: North Mini Code (free)?
We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?
Cohere: North Mini Code (free) accepts 256k tokens versus 128k.
Can I self-host either model?
Llama 3.1 405B is marked open-weights in our catalog. The other side is a closed API. Check the provider license before you ship weights.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?
No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?
Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Llama 3.1 405B and Cohere: North Mini Code (free) Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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