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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct vs Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
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Winner summary
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct wins on 6/8 benchmarks
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct wins 6 of 8 shared benchmarks. Leads in coding · arena · general.
Category leads
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Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
#107 by perf·no signal
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
#152 by perf·no signal
Best value
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
2.4x better value than Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
223.3 pts/$
$0.21/M
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
94.5 pts/$
$0.40/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Meta AI
$1.50T·Tier 1
Meta AI
$1.50T·Tier 1
Head to head
8 benchmarks · 2 models
Llama 3.3 70B InstructLlama 3.1 70B Instruct
Aider · Code Editing
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct leads by +0.8
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
59.4
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
58.6
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct leads by +25.2
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
1318.0
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
1292.8
BBH (HuggingFace)
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct leads by +0.6
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
56.6
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
55.9
GPQA
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct leads by +3.7
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
10.5
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
14.2
IFEval
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct leads by +3.3
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
90.0
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
86.7
MATH Level 5
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct leads by +10.3
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
48.3
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
38.1
MMLU-PRO
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct leads by +0.3
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
48.1
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
47.9
MUSR
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct leads by +2.1
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
15.6
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
17.7
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | Llama 3.1 70B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
Aider · Code Editing | 59.4 | 58.6 |
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1318.0 | 1292.8 |
BBH (HuggingFace) | 56.6 | 55.9 |
GPQA | 10.5 | 14.2 |
IFEval | 90.0 | 86.7 |
MATH Level 5 | 48.3 | 38.1 |
MMLU-PRO | 48.1 | 47.9 |
MUSR | 15.6 | 17.7 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | $0.10 | $0.32 | 131K tokens (~66 books) | $1.55 |
| Llama 3.1 70B Instruct | $0.40 | $0.40 | 131K tokens (~66 books) | $4.00 |
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