Llama 3.3 70B Instruct vs Llama 4 Scout
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Llama 4 Scout takes 2 of 5 rounds against Llama 3.3 70B Instruct. Llama 3.3 70B Instruct counters on price: $0.10 per million tokens against $0.18, for 128k context instead of 128k.
MetaLlama 3.3 70B Instruct
128k context · tool calling · open weights
$0.10/M tokensCheapest price, at NanoGPT · 4.4¢ per 1,000 pages
MetaWins 2 roundsLlama 4 Scout
128k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights
$0.18/M tokensCheapest price, at NanoGPT · 7.9¢ per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$0.10/M
$0.10/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$0.32/M
$0.30/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
$0.10/M at NanoGPT
$0.18/M at NanoGPT
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$0.16/M
$0.15/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
4.4¢
7.9¢
Context
128k tokens
128k tokens
Open weights
yes
yes
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
not published
not published
Reads images
no
yes
Reasoning
no
no
Released
6 Dec 2024
5 Apr 2025
Providers selling it
48
19
Price we measure against
OpenRouter
OpenRouter
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not published
not published
Providers selling both · 17
NanoGPT$0.10 / $0.18
Kilo Gateway$0.15 / $0.12
DeepInfra$0.15 / $0.15
Nous Portal$0.15 / $0.15
OpenRouter$0.15 / $0.15
TrustedRouter$0.16 / $0.16
Helicone$0.20 / $0.14
Nscale$0.20 / $0.14
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct, then Llama 4 Scout, per million tokens; the 8 cheapest of 17.
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.
What moved this week
Eden AI · 0.3% cheaper · $1.23 / $1.23 $1.24 / $1.24- Eden AI · 44% dearer · $0.22 / $0.50 $0.14 / $0.40
- $0.10 / $0.32 $0.59 / $0.79
- $0.10 / $0.30 $0.18 / $0.59
- OpenRouter · 47% cheaper · $0.10 / $0.30 $0.18 / $0.59
- OpenRouter · 76% cheaper · $0.10 / $0.32 $0.59 / $0.79
- Kilo Gateway · 20% cheaper · 8¢ / $0.24 $0.10 / $0.30
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct or Llama 4 Scout?
- Llama 3.3 70B Instruct, at $0.10 per million tokens against $0.18 for Llama 4 Scout, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 21 Oct 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Llama 3.3 70B Instruct: $0.10 at NanoGPT. Llama 4 Scout: $0.18 at NanoGPT.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 17 providers sell both: NanoGPT, Kilo Gateway, DeepInfra, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, TrustedRouter, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is NanoGPT.
- Which holds more context?
- Both hold 128k tokens in one call.
Prices exclude tax, read 21 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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