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Llama 3 70B Instruct vs Grok 4

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Llama 3 70B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens

Grok 4 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
  • Has reasoning mode
Price Advantage
Llama 3 70B Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
Grok 4
Context Window
Grok 4
Speed
Grok 4

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureLlama 3 70B InstructGrok 4
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyLlama 3 70B InstructGrok 4
LicenseOpen SourceProprietary
AuthorMeta-llamaXai
ReleasedApr 2024Jul 2025

Llama 3 70B Instruct Modalities

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Output
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Grok 4 Modalities

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Output
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Frequently Asked Questions

Llama 3 70B Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $0.51/M tokens. Llama 3 70B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.74/M tokens.
Grok 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 40.5, compared to Llama 3 70B Instruct's score of 6.8.
Llama 3 70B Instruct has a 8,192 token context window, while Grok 4 has a 256,000 token context window.
Llama 3 70B Instruct does not support vision. Grok 4 supports vision.