Llama 4 Maverick vs Llama 3.3 70B (Meta)
Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, specs, benchmarks, and capabilities
| Specification |
by DeepInfra
|
by Meta
2 providers:
Meta $0.590/$0.790
Together $1.04/$1.04
|
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Status | Current open weights Open weights | Current open weights Open weights |
| Released | Apr 6, 2025 | Dec 6, 2024 |
| Pricing per million tokens | ||
| Input | $0.200/Mtok | $0.590/Mtok |
| Output | $0.800/Mtok | $0.790/Mtok |
| Blended avg | $0.350/Mtok | $0.640/Mtok |
| Specifications | ||
| Context window | 1M tokens | 128K tokens |
| Parameters | 17B (128 experts) | 70B |
| Speed (TPS) | — | — |
| Modalities | ||
| Input |
textimage
|
text
|
| Benchmarks source: Vellum LLM Leaderboard | ||
| Avg benchmark score | 65.1 | 46.6 |
| Perf / dollar | 186 | 72.8 |
| GPQA Diamond | 69.8 | 50.5 |
| MMMLU | 84.6 | 72 |
| SWE-Bench Verified | — | 22 |
| LiveCodeBench | 41 | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 10 |
| ARC-AGI 2 | — | 12 |
| AIME 2025 | — | 38 |
| BFCL | — | 77.3 |
| HumanEval | — | 78 |
| MATH 500 | — | 60 |
| Independent composite scores each on its own scale — not part of the average above | ||
| AA Intelligence Index | 14.5 | — |
| AA Agentic Index | 1.2 | — |
| AA-Omniscience Index (−100–100) | -41.9 | — |
| Providers | ||
| Available from |
DeepInfra — $0.200/$0.800/Mtok
|
Meta — $0.590/$0.790/Mtok
Together — $1.04/$1.04/Mtok
|
Cost at scale
1M tokens · 50/50 input/output| Volume | Llama 4 Maverick | Llama 3.3 70B | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M tokens | $0.35 | $0.64 | $0.29 (45.3%) |
| 10M tokens | $3.5 | $6.4 | $2.9 (45.3%) |
| 100M tokens | $35 | $64 | $29 (45.3%) |
| 1000M tokens | $350 | $640 | $290 (45.3%) |
When to pick which
distilled from the pricing and spec data above- cost dominates: $0.350/Mtok blended vs $0.640 — 45.3% less on the same 50/50 token mix
- you need the longer context: 1M tokens vs 128K (7.8×)
- raw capability matters more than price: 65.1 vs 46.6 average benchmark score
- provider flexibility: available from 2 providers, so you can price-shop hosts or fail over
Summary
Llama 4 Maverick by DeepInfra costs $0.200/Mtok input and $0.800/Mtok output, with a 1M-token context window. It supports text, image input.
Llama 3.3 70B by Meta costs $0.590/Mtok input and $0.790/Mtok output, with a 128K-token context window. It supports text input and is available from 2 providers.
On a blended cost basis, Llama 4 Maverick is 45.3% cheaper than Llama 3.3 70B.It also has a larger context window.
On benchmarks, Llama 4 Maverick scores higher (65.1 vs 46.6) on average. In terms of value, Llama 4 Maverick has better performance per dollar (186 vs 72.8).
Note: Pricing is per million tokens. Actual costs vary with usage patterns, prompt caching, and batch discounts. Always verify against official provider pricing pages.