Llama 3.3 70B vs Claude Sonnet 4.6
Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, specs, benchmarks, and capabilities
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by Meta
2 providers:
Meta $0.590/$0.790
Together $1.04/$1.04
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by Anthropic
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| Overview | ||
| Status | Current open weights Open weights | Current mid tier |
| Released | Dec 6, 2024 | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Pricing per million tokens | ||
| Input | $0.590/Mtok | $3.00/Mtok |
| Output | $0.790/Mtok | $15.00/Mtok |
| Blended avg | $0.690/Mtok | $9.00/Mtok |
| Cached input | — | $0.300/Mtok |
| Specifications | ||
| Context window | 128K tokens | 200K tokens |
| Parameters | 70B | Proprietary |
| Speed (TPS) | — | — |
| Modalities | ||
| Input |
text
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textimage
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| Benchmarks from Vellum LLM Leaderboard | ||
| Avg benchmark score | 43.6 | 73.8 |
| Perf / dollar | 63.2 | 8.2 |
| GPQA Diamond | 45 | — |
| SWE-Bench | 22 | — |
| HumanEval | 78 | — |
| MATH 500 | 60 | — |
| Providers | ||
| Available from |
Meta — $0.590/$0.790/Mtok
Together — $1.04/$1.04/Mtok
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Anthropic — $3.00/$15.00/Mtok
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Cost at scale — 1M tokens (50/50 input/output)
| Volume | Llama 3.3 70B | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Savings |
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| 1M tokens | $0.69 | $9 | $8.31 (92.3%) |
| 10M tokens | $6.9 | $90 | $83.1 (92.3%) |
| 100M tokens | $69 | $900 | $831 (92.3%) |
| 1000M tokens | $690 | $9000 | $8310 (92.3%) |
Summary
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.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 by Anthropic costs $3.00/Mtok input and $15.00/Mtok output, with a 200K-token context window. It supports text, image input.
On a blended cost basis, Llama 3.3 70B is 1204.3% cheaper than Claude Sonnet 4.6.
On benchmarks, Claude Sonnet 4.6 scores higher (73.8 vs 43.6) on average. In terms of value, Llama 3.3 70B has better performance per dollar (63.2 vs 8.2).
Note: Pricing is per million tokens. Actual costs vary with usage patterns, prompt caching, and batch discounts. Always verify against official provider pricing pages.