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Llama 3.1 70B Instruct vs Grok 4

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Llama 3.1 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 3.1 70B Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
Grok 4
Context Window
Grok 4
Speed
Grok 4

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricLlama 3.1 70B InstructGrok 4Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.34$3.00 Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.39$15.00 Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.45$0.75 Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Llama 3.1 70B Instruct is 94% cheaper overall.

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct Providers

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Grok 4 Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Llama 3.1 70B Instruct Wins
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Grok 4 Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 70B InstructGrok 4Winner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
12.541.5
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
10.940.5
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
4.092.7
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
67.686.6
GPQA
Graduate-level science
40.987.7
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
23.281.9
Aider
Real-world code editing
58.679.6
AIME
Competition math
17.394.3
Grok 4 significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
131,072
tokens
Grok 4
256,000
tokens
Grok 4 has a 49% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricLlama 3.1 70B InstructGrok 4Winner
Tokens/second32.1 tok/s39.5 tok/s
Time to First Token0.52s11.45s
Grok 4 responds 23% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureLlama 3.1 70B InstructGrok 4
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyLlama 3.1 70B InstructGrok 4
LicenseOpen SourceProprietary
AuthorMeta-llamaXai
ReleasedJul 2024Jul 2025

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

Grok 4 Modalities

Input
imagetext
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $0.34/M tokens. Llama 3.1 70B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.39/M tokens.
Grok 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 40.5, compared to Llama 3.1 70B Instruct's score of 10.9.
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct has a 131,072 token context window, while Grok 4 has a 256,000 token context window.
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct does not support vision. Grok 4 supports vision.