DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Llama 3.3 70B
Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, specs, benchmarks, and capabilities
| Specification |
by DeepSeek
4 providers:
DeepSeek $0.435/$0.870
Fireworks $1.74/$3.48
Together $1.74/$3.48
DeepInfra $1.30/$2.60
|
by Meta
2 providers:
Meta $0.590/$0.790
Together $1.04/$1.04
|
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Status | Current mid tier | Current open weights Open weights |
| Released | Apr 24, 2026 | Dec 6, 2024 |
| Pricing per million tokens | ||
| Input | $0.435/Mtok | $0.590/Mtok |
| Output | $0.870/Mtok | $0.790/Mtok |
| Blended avg | $0.544/Mtok | $0.640/Mtok |
| Cached input | $0.004/Mtok | — |
| Price basis | Correct as published today. DeepSeek has announced that from 16:00 UTC on 2026-08-16 this model moves to peak/off-peak billing: peak $1.32 input / $0.044 cached input / $3.96 output per 1M tokens, off-peak exactly half ($0.66 / $0.022 / $1.98). Peak hours are 01:00-04:00 and 06:00-10:00 UTC; every other hour is off-peak. This row tracks the flat rate DeepSeek charges until that moment, and switches to the peak rate when it takes effect. | — |
| Specifications | ||
| Context window | 1M tokens | 128K tokens |
| Parameters | Proprietary | 70B |
| Speed (TPS) | — | — |
| Modalities | ||
| Input |
text
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text
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| Benchmarks source: Vellum LLM Leaderboard | ||
| Avg benchmark score | 73.5 | 46.6 |
| Perf / dollar | 135.2 | 72.8 |
| GPQA Diamond | 90.1 | 50.5 |
| SWE-Bench Verified | 80.6 vendor | 22 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 48.2 | 10 |
| ARC-AGI 2 | 30 | 12 |
| AIME 2025 | 75 | 38 |
| MMMLU | 82 | 72 |
| BFCL | 72 | 77.3 |
| HumanEval | 80.6 | 78 |
| MATH 500 | 80 | 60 |
| LiveCodeBench | 93.5 | — |
| MCP Atlas | 73.6 | — |
| BrowseComp | 83.4 | — |
| Independent composite scores each on its own scale — not part of the average above | ||
| AA Intelligence Index | 53.2 | — |
| AA Agentic Index | 49.6 | — |
| AA-Omniscience Index (−100–100) | 0.8 | — |
| GDPval-AA v2 | 1590 ELO | — |
| LMSYS Chatbot Arena | 1458.2 ELO | — |
| Providers | ||
| Available from |
DeepSeek — $0.435/$0.870/Mtok
Fireworks — $1.74/$3.48/Mtok
Together — $1.74/$3.48/Mtok
DeepInfra — $1.30/$2.60/Mtok
|
Meta — $0.590/$0.790/Mtok
Together — $1.04/$1.04/Mtok
|
Cost at scale
1M tokens · 50/50 input/output| Volume | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Llama 3.3 70B | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M tokens | $0.54 | $0.64 | $0.1 (15.6%) |
| 10M tokens | $5.44 | $6.4 | $0.96 (15%) |
| 100M tokens | $54.37 | $64 | $9.63 (15%) |
| 1000M tokens | $543.75 | $640 | $96.25 (15%) |
When to pick which
distilled from the pricing and spec data above- cost dominates: $0.544/Mtok blended vs $0.640 — 15% less on the same 50/50 token mix
- your workload re-reads context (agents, RAG, long chats): cached input costs $0.004/Mtok — 99% off its list input price, a discount Llama 3.3 70B doesn't offer
- you need the longer context: 1M tokens vs 128K (7.8×)
- raw capability matters more than price: 73.5 vs 46.6 average benchmark score
- provider flexibility: available from 4 providers, so you can price-shop hosts or fail over
- you want open weights — self-host it, fine-tune it, or exit the API entirely; DeepSeek V4 Pro is closed
The cheaper option here — DeepSeek V4 Pro costs $0.544/Mtok blended on DeepSeek.
Summary
DeepSeek V4 Pro by DeepSeek costs $0.435/Mtok input and $0.870/Mtok output, with a 1M-token context window. It supports text input and is available from 4 providers.
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, DeepSeek V4 Pro is 15% cheaper than Llama 3.3 70B.It also has a larger context window.
On benchmarks, DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher (73.5 vs 46.6) on average. In terms of value, DeepSeek V4 Pro has better performance per dollar (135.2 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.