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Llama 3.1 70B Instruct vs Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

SpecLlama 3.1 70B InstructLlama 3.3 70B Instruct
Respan Index10.0 (#159)10.3 (#158)
Blended price per 1M$0.4$0.155
Context window128K131K
Input / output per 1M$0.4 / $0.4$0.1 / $0.32
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Released2024-07-232024-12-06

Respan Index by category

Each category is scored 0 to 100, and how far ahead the winner is. Leads under a point are close to even.

CategoryLlama 3.1 70B InstructLlama 3.3 70B Instruct
Coding0.4 Llama 3.1 70B Instruct0.8 Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Agents4.9 Llama 3.1 70B Instruct3.2 Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Reasoning15.3 Llama 3.1 70B Instruct15.9 Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Knowledge & language2.1 Llama 3.1 70B Instruct2.7 Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Human preference30.6 Llama 3.1 70B Instruct33.6 Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

How the Respan Index works

Benchmarks both report

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct leads on 6 of the 7 benchmarks both report. Higher is better. Each score links to where it was published.

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 70B InstructLlama 3.3 70B Instruct
GPQA Diamond44.2%50.5%
MATH Level 5 (Epoch AI)36.7%41.6%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI)3.6%5.1%
WeirdML (Håvard Tveit Ihle)9%14.4%
LMArena Elo12931318
BALROG (BALROG)27.9%23%
MMLU-Pro66.4%68.9%

FAQ

Is Llama 3.1 70B Instruct better than Llama 3.3 70B Instruct?

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct scores 10.3 on the Respan Index (#158), ahead of Llama 3.1 70B Instruct at 10.0 (#159). Llama 3.3 70B Instruct leads on 6 of the 7 benchmarks both report.

Which is cheaper, Llama 3.1 70B Instruct or Llama 3.3 70B Instruct?

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct lists at $0.4 input and $0.4 output per 1M tokens; Llama 3.3 70B Instruct at $0.1 and $0.32. Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is 2.6x cheaper per token at list price.

Which has the larger context window?

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct accepts 128K tokens and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct 131K tokens.

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