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Llama 3 8B Instruct (HF) vs Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Llama 3 8B Instruct (HF) wins:

  • Cheaper output tokens

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports tool calls
Price Advantage
Llama 3 8B Instruct (HF)
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 8B Instruct (HF)Llama 3.3 70B InstructWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.20$0.10 Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.20$0.32 Llama 3 8B Instruct (HF)
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.10$0.13 Llama 3 8B Instruct (HF)
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is 22% cheaper overall.

Llama 3 8B Instruct (HF) Providers

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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Llama 3 8B Instruct (HF) Wins
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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkLlama 3 8B Instruct (HF)Llama 3.3 70B InstructWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
-14.5-
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
-10.7-
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
-7.7-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
-71.3-
GPQA
Graduate-level science
-49.8-
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
-28.8-
Aider
Real-world code editing
-59.4-
AIME
Competition math
-30.0-
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Llama 3 8B Instruct (HF)
N/A
tokens
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
131,072
tokens

Speed Performance

MetricLlama 3 8B Instruct (HF)Llama 3.3 70B InstructWinner
Tokens/secondN/A101.3 tok/s
Time to First TokenN/A0.53s

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureLlama 3 8B Instruct (HF)Llama 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 8B Instruct (HF)Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorMeta-llamaMeta-llama
ReleasedUnknownDec 2024

Llama 3 8B Instruct (HF) Modalities

Input
Output

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $0.10/M tokens. Llama 3 8B Instruct (HF) has cheaper output pricing at $0.20/M tokens.
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 10.7, compared to Llama 3 8B Instruct (HF)'s score of N/A.
Llama 3 8B Instruct (HF) has a unknown token context window, while Llama 3.3 70B Instruct has a 131,072 token context window.
Llama 3 8B Instruct (HF) does not support vision. Llama 3.3 70B Instruct does not support vision.
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