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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct vs Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math

Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
Price Advantage
Phi-3 Mini 128K 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 3.3 70B InstructPhi-3 Mini 128K InstructWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.10$0.10Tie
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.32$0.10 Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.13N/A Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct is 35% cheaper overall.

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Providers

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Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Wins
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Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkLlama 3.3 70B InstructPhi-3 Mini 128K InstructWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
14.526.3
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
10.7--
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
7.7--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
71.330.4
GPQA
Graduate-level science
49.89.1
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
28.8--
Aider
Real-world code editing
59.4--
AIME
Competition math
30.0--
BBH
Big-Bench Hard
-37.1-
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
Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct
128,000
tokens
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct has a 2% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricLlama 3.3 70B InstructPhi-3 Mini 128K InstructWinner
Tokens/second99.5 tok/sN/A
Time to First Token0.54sN/A

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureLlama 3.3 70B InstructPhi-3 Mini 128K Instruct
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyLlama 3.3 70B InstructPhi-3 Mini 128K Instruct
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorMeta-llamaMicrosoft
ReleasedDec 2024Unknown

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct Modalities

Input
Output

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Frequently Asked Questions

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $0.10/M tokens. Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.10/M tokens.
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 10.7, compared to Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct's score of N/A.
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct has a 131,072 token context window, while Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct has a 128,000 token context window.
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct does not support vision. Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct does not support vision.