Decision boundary
Do not start with which model is absolutely stronger. Start with the boundary: cost, context, speed, quality, ecosystem, or supply stability.
- Llama 3.3 70B is worth checking first when the Llama family, 131.1K context, and text->text capability match the job.
- Hunyuan T1 is worth checking first when the Hunyuan family, 256K context, and text+image->text capability match the job.