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Llama 3 70B Instruct vs Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Llama 3 70B Instruct wins:

  • No clear advantages in compared metrics

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports tool calls
Price Advantage
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Context Window
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Speed
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricLlama 3 70B InstructLlama 3.3 70B InstructWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.51$0.10 Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.74$0.32 Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is 73% cheaper overall.

Llama 3 70B Instruct Providers

Novita $0.51 (Cheapest)

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Providers

DeepInfra $0.10 (Cheapest)
Novita $0.14
Parasail $0.22
Nebius $0.25
Crusoe $0.25

Benchmark Comparison

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Llama 3 70B Instruct Wins
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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkLlama 3 70B InstructLlama 3.3 70B InstructWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
10.214.2
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
6.810.7
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
-7.7-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
57.471.3
GPQA
Graduate-level science
37.949.8
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
19.828.8
Aider
Real-world code editing
49.259.4
AIME
Competition math
0.030.0
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct shows stronger mathematical reasoning abilities.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Llama 3 70B Instruct
8,192
tokens
Max output: 8,000 tokens
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
131,072
tokens
Max output: 16,384 tokens
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct has a 94% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricLlama 3 70B InstructLlama 3.3 70B InstructWinner
Tokens/second38.8 tok/s104.4 tok/s
Time to First Token0.47s0.49s
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct responds 169% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureLlama 3 70B InstructLlama 3.3 70B Instruct
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyLlama 3 70B InstructLlama 3.3 70B Instruct
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorMeta-llamaMeta-llama
ReleasedApr 2024Dec 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $0.10/M tokens. Llama 3.3 70B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.32/M tokens.
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 10.7, compared to Llama 3 70B Instruct's score of 6.8.
Llama 3 70B Instruct has a 8,192 token context window, while Llama 3.3 70B Instruct has a 131,072 token context window.
Llama 3 70B Instruct does not support vision. Llama 3.3 70B Instruct does not support vision.