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R1 Distill Llama 70B vs Llama 3 8B Lunaris

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

R1 Distill Llama 70B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Has reasoning mode
  • Supports tool calls

Llama 3 8B Lunaris wins:

  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
Price Advantage
R1 Distill Llama 70B
Benchmark Advantage
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Context Window
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Speed
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Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricR1 Distill Llama 70BLlama 3 8B LunarisWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.03$0.04 R1 Distill Llama 70B
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.11$0.05 Llama 3 8B Lunaris
Cache Read (per 1M)$15000.00N/A R1 Distill Llama 70B
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Llama 3 8B Lunaris is 15% cheaper overall.

R1 Distill Llama 70B Providers

Chutes $0.03 (Cheapest)
SambaNova $0.70
DeepInfra $0.70
Vercel $0.75
Groq $0.75

Llama 3 8B Lunaris Providers

DeepInfra $0.04 (Cheapest)
Novita $0.05

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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R1 Distill Llama 70B Wins
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Llama 3 8B Lunaris Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkR1 Distill Llama 70BLlama 3 8B LunarisWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
16.025.6
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
11.4--
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
53.7--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
79.531.0
GPQA
Graduate-level science
40.26.8
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
26.6--
AIME
Competition math
67.0--
BBH
Big-Bench Hard
-32.1-
R1 Distill Llama 70B significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

R1 Distill Llama 70B
131,072
tokens
Max output: 131,072 tokens
Llama 3 8B Lunaris
8,192
tokens
R1 Distill Llama 70B has a 94% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricR1 Distill Llama 70BLlama 3 8B LunarisWinner
Tokens/second56.3 tok/sN/A
Time to First Token0.87sN/A

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureR1 Distill Llama 70BLlama 3 8B Lunaris
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyR1 Distill Llama 70BLlama 3 8B Lunaris
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorDeepseekSao10k
ReleasedJan 2025Aug 2024

R1 Distill Llama 70B Modalities

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Llama 3 8B Lunaris Modalities

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Frequently Asked Questions

R1 Distill Llama 70B has cheaper input pricing at $0.03/M tokens. Llama 3 8B Lunaris has cheaper output pricing at $0.05/M tokens.
R1 Distill Llama 70B scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 11.4, compared to Llama 3 8B Lunaris's score of N/A.
R1 Distill Llama 70B has a 131,072 token context window, while Llama 3 8B Lunaris has a 8,192 token context window.
R1 Distill Llama 70B does not support vision. Llama 3 8B Lunaris does not support vision.