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Llama 3 8B Instruct vs Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Llama 3 8B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports tool calls
Price Advantage
Llama 3 8B 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 8B InstructLlama 3.3 70B InstructWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.03$0.10 Llama 3 8B Instruct
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.04$0.32 Llama 3 8B Instruct
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Llama 3 8B Instruct is 79% cheaper overall.

Llama 3 8B Instruct Providers

DeepInfra $0.03 (Cheapest)
Novita $0.04
Together $0.10
Cloudflare $0.28

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 8B Instruct Wins
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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkLlama 3 8B InstructLlama 3.3 70B InstructWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
8.714.2
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
4.010.7
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
-7.7-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
40.571.3
GPQA
Graduate-level science
29.649.8
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
9.628.8
Aider
Real-world code editing
-59.4-
AIME
Competition math
0.030.0
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Llama 3 8B Instruct
8,192
tokens
Max output: 16,384 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 8B InstructLlama 3.3 70B InstructWinner
Tokens/second66.3 tok/s104.4 tok/s
Time to First Token0.39s0.49s
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct responds 57% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureLlama 3 8B 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 8B InstructLlama 3.3 70B Instruct
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorMeta-llamaMeta-llama
ReleasedApr 2024Dec 2024

Llama 3 8B Instruct Modalities

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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Modalities

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Frequently Asked Questions

Llama 3 8B Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $0.03/M tokens. Llama 3 8B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.04/M tokens.
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 10.7, compared to Llama 3 8B Instruct's score of 4.0.
Llama 3 8B Instruct has a 8,192 token context window, while Llama 3.3 70B Instruct has a 131,072 token context window.
Llama 3 8B Instruct does not support vision. Llama 3.3 70B Instruct does not support vision.