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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct vs LlamaGuard 2 8B

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

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

LlamaGuard 2 8B wins:

  • Cheaper output tokens
Price Advantage
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Benchmark Advantage
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Context Window
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Speed
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Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricLlama 3.3 70B InstructLlamaGuard 2 8BWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.10$0.20 Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.32$0.20 LlamaGuard 2 8B
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is 22% cheaper overall.

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Providers

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

LlamaGuard 2 8B Providers

Together $0.20 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkLlama 3.3 70B InstructLlamaGuard 2 8BWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
14.2--
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 3.3 70B Instruct
131,072
tokens
Max output: 16,384 tokens
LlamaGuard 2 8B
8,192
tokens
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct has a 94% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricLlama 3.3 70B InstructLlamaGuard 2 8BWinner
Tokens/second103.8 tok/sN/A
Time to First Token0.47sN/A

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureLlama 3.3 70B InstructLlamaGuard 2 8B
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyLlama 3.3 70B InstructLlamaGuard 2 8B
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorMeta-llamaMeta-llama
ReleasedDec 2024May 2024

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Modalities

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Frequently Asked Questions

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $0.10/M tokens. LlamaGuard 2 8B 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 LlamaGuard 2 8B's score of N/A.
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct has a 131,072 token context window, while LlamaGuard 2 8B has a 8,192 token context window.
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct does not support vision. LlamaGuard 2 8B does not support vision.