Llama 3 (Ollama/Groq) alternatives
Looking for an alternative to Llama 3 (Ollama/Groq)? Here are the 6 closest llm provider / model options for AI coding, each ranked by how well it replaces Llama 3 (Ollama/Groq) — with the concrete reason to switch.
Quick comparison
| Model | Input price | SWE-bench | Context window | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 3 (Ollama/Groq) (you) | Free (self-hosted) | 28% | 8K-128K | Fast |
| Ministral 3 14B | $0.20 | 24% | 128K | Fast |
| Gemma 4 31B | Free (self-hosted) | 32% | 256K | Standard |
| GPT-4o | $2.50 | 38% | 128K | Fast |
| Codestral | $0.20 | 38% | 256K | Fast |
| Deepseek | $0.27 | 42% | 128K | Standard |
| Phi-4 | Free (self-hosted) | 28% | 16K | Fast |
The best Llama 3 (Ollama/Groq) alternatives
Local coding assistant on laptop, edge deployments, quick completions
Why consider it instead:
- Built for: Local coding assistant on laptop, edge deployments, quick completions
Frontier open-weights on workstation, agentic coding, reasoning, local multimodal tasks
Why consider it instead:
- Higher SWE-bench (32% vs 28%)
- Bigger context window (256K)
GPT-4o
Multimodal tasks, fast chat, broad general use
Why consider it instead:
- Higher SWE-bench (38% vs 28%)
Specialized code completion and generation, FIM-aware coding, fast IDE completions
Why consider it instead:
- Higher SWE-bench (38% vs 28%)
- Bigger context window (256K)
Deepseek
Cheap high-quality coding, bulk classification, self-host for privacy
Why consider it instead:
- Higher SWE-bench (42% vs 28%)
Phi-4
Extremely small self-hosted coding model, edge devices, resource-constrained environments
Why consider it instead:
- Built for: Extremely small self-hosted coding model, edge devices, resource-constrained environments
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