Which is cheaper, Llama 3.1 70B Instruct or Trinity Large Thinking?

Trinity Large Thinking, at $1.55 per million tokens against $1.60 for Llama 3.1 70B Instruct, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct: nobody goes below OpenRouter's own price with a reason we can point at, so $1.60 is the number to beat. Trinity Large Thinking: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $1.55 is the number to beat.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 5 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, TrustedRouter, Vercel AI Gateway. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.

Which holds more context?

Trinity Large Thinking, at 262k tokens against 131k.

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct vs Trinity Large Thinking.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

Trinity Large Thinking takes 3 of 5 rounds against Llama 3.1 70B Instruct. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $1.55 per million tokens against $1.60.

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

$1.60/M tokens

OpenRouter list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.264 per 1,000 pages

131k context · tool calling · open weights

Arcee AIwins 3 rounds

Trinity Large Thinking

$1.55/M tokens

Arcee AI list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.198 per 1,000 pages

262k context · tool calling · open weights

List price in (lower wins)

$0.40/M

$0.25/M

List price out (lower wins)

$0.40/M

$0.80/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

none below list

Standard price (lower wins)

$1.60/M

$1.55/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.264

$0.198

Context

131k tokens

262k tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

yes

Reads images

Reasoning

yes

Released

23 Jul 2024

1 Apr 2026

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

OpenRouter

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

no provider to check

Providers selling both · 5

Kilo Gateway$1.60 / $1.55
Nous Portal$1.60 / $1.55
OpenRouter$1.60 / $1.55
TrustedRouter$1.69 / $1.64
Vercel AI Gateway$2.88 / $1.65

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct then Trinity Large Thinking, per million tokens

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What moved in the last seven days

Llama 3.1 70B InstructNous Portal$0.32 / $0.32 $0.40 / $0.4025% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Trinity Large ThinkingNous Portal$0.20 / $0.64 $0.25 / $0.8025% dearer · 16 Sept 2026

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Llama 3.1 70B Instruct or Trinity Large Thinking?: Trinity Large Thinking, at $1.55 per million tokens against $1.60 for Llama 3.1 70B Instruct, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct: nobody goes below OpenRouter's own price with a reason we can point at, so $1.60 is the number to beat. Trinity Large Thinking: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $1.55 is the number to beat.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 5 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, TrustedRouter, Vercel AI Gateway. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.
Which holds more context?: Trinity Large Thinking, at 262k tokens against 131k.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.