Question 1

How much does Llama 3 70B Instruct cost per token?

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As of May 2026, Llama 3 70B Instruct costs $0.510 per 1 million input tokens and $0.740 per 1 million output tokens — an output-to-input ratio of 1.5×. A 1,000-token input request costs $0.0005; a 10,000-token input request costs $0.0051. These prices are sourced from live OpenRouter data and verified against the provider's published pricing page.

Question 2

How many tokens does Llama 3 70B Instruct support per request?

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Llama 3 70B Instruct's context window and per-request output cap are listed in the pricing table above. The context window is the maximum input + output combined; the output limit is how many tokens the model can generate in a single response. Most 2026 flagship models support at least 128,000-token context windows, with Gemini 2.5 Pro reaching 1 million tokens.

Question 3

Is Llama 3 70B Instruct good for coding?

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Llama 3 70B Instruct's coding performance depends on its tier (see the badge above). Reasoning-tier models (OpenAI o3, DeepSeek R1) lead on hard algorithmic problems; balanced models like Claude Sonnet 4 and GPT-4o lead on long-context codebase work. For specifics, check the strengths section above and the /compare/best-models-for-coding ranking.

Question 4

How does Llama 3 70B Instruct compare to other AI models?

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See the related models grid below this section for direct comparisons. Llama 3 70B Instruct is best understood relative to: (1) cheaper models in the same family (when speed matters more than capability), (2) competitor flagships at the same tier (for head-to-head decisions), and (3) reasoning models (when accuracy on hard problems outweighs cost).

Input price	$0.510 / 1M tokens
Output price	$0.740 / 1M tokens
Output / input ratio	1.5×
Context window	8,192 tokens (~6,144 words)
Maximum output	8,000 tokens
Cost per 1K tokens (input)	$0.0005
Tier	Flagship
Last verified	2026-06-10

Request Type	Tokens	Input Cost	Output Cost
1,000 word article	1,333	$0.00068	$0.000296
10-page document (2,500 words)	3,333	$0.0017	$0.00074
1,000 lines of code	5,000	$0.00255	$0.00111
100K token document	100,000	$0.051	$0.0222

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