Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B
By Meta · released 2024-12-06 (19 months) · snapshot 2026-07-17
- Intelligence index
- 9.40
- Cost to run the AA index
- $78.0
- Price per 1M tokens (in / out)
- $0.58 / $0.71
- End-to-end time
- 7.50s
Is Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B on the Pareto frontier, and what beats it?
Off the frontier
No. DeepSeek V4 Flash (Reasoning, Max Effort) is at least as smart for the same money or less.
Next step up: MiMo-V2.5-Pro, smarter but dearer.
| # | Model | Creator | Intelligence | Total cost | E2E total | Open | Released | Frontier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B | Meta | 9.40 | $78.0 | 7.50s | 2024-12-06 | ||
| 2 | DeepSeek V4 Flash (Reasoning, Max Effort) | DeepSeek | 40.30 | $74.3 | 60.1s | 2026-04-24 | Frontier | |
| 3 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Xiaomi | 42.20 | $98.5 | 46.2s | 2026-04-22 | Frontier |
Open in the picker Daily check URL: 200 on the frontier, 409 once beaten
Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B today
Intelligence: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. Cost: total cost to run that benchmark, so reasoning tokens count. API id: llama-3-3-instruct-70b.
Compare head to head
Suggested: what beats it, its effort levels, and frontier models near its price.
What the Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B release did to the frontier on 2024-12-06
1 of 1 effort levels reached the frontier at launch (Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B). Impact 0, did not move the frontier; 34 releases this past year did.
Should you use Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B?
Should you use Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B?
Only when it fits your setup: DeepSeek V4 Flash (Reasoning, Max Effort) is at least as smart for the same money or less, so Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B is off the value frontier today.
What is better and cheaper than Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B?
DeepSeek V4 Flash (Reasoning, Max Effort) — at least as smart for the same money or less.
How much does Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B cost?
$0.58/$0.71 in/out per 1M tokens, and $78.0 to run the full Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, the honest all-in number for reasoning models.
Is Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B on the Pareto frontier?
No: DeepSeek V4 Flash (Reasoning, Max Effort) beats it on intelligence, cost, or both.
Frontier membership by axis pair
Other axis pairs where Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B is Pareto-optimal.
| Y axis | X axis | On the frontier |
|---|---|---|
| AA intelligence index | AA total cost to run (USD) | |
| AA intelligence index | End-to-end total seconds | |
| AA intelligence index | Output speed tokens/sec |
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