Llama 3.1 70B Instruct vs UnslopNemo 12B
Prices checked
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct takes 2 of 5 rounds against UnslopNemo 12B. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.17 per million tokens against $0.40.
MetaWins 2 roundsLlama 3.1 70B Instruct
131k context · tool calling · open weights
$0.17/M tokensCheapest price, at Hyperbolic · 9¢ per 1,000 pages
UnslopNemo 12B
33k context · open weights
$0.40/M tokensOpenRouter's own price · $0.26 per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$0.40/M
$0.40/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$0.40/M
$0.40/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
$0.17/M at Hyperbolic
none below the maker
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$0.40/M
$0.40/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
9¢
$0.26
Context
131k tokens
33k tokens
Open weights
yes
yes
Tool calling
yes
no
Structured output
yes
yes
Reads images
no
no
Reasoning
no
no
Released
23 Jul 2024
8 Nov 2024
Providers selling it
18
4
Price we measure against
OpenRouter
OpenRouter
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not published
no provider to check
Providers selling both · 2
Kilo Gateway$0.40 / $0.40
OpenRouter$0.40 / $0.40
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct, then UnslopNemo 12B, per million tokens.
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Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.
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Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Llama 3.1 70B Instruct or UnslopNemo 12B?
- Llama 3.1 70B Instruct, at $0.17 per million tokens against $0.40 for UnslopNemo 12B, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 25 Oct 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Llama 3.1 70B Instruct: $0.17 at Hyperbolic. UnslopNemo 12B: nobody sells it below OpenRouter's own price with a stated reason, so $0.40 is the number to beat.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 2 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, OpenRouter. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.
- Which holds more context?
- Llama 3.1 70B Instruct, at 131k tokens against 33k.
Prices exclude tax, read 25 Oct 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.
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