This model is deprecated. We only continue performance benchmarking for the default 10k input token workload. Results for other workloads are historical and no longer updated.

Meta has launched a newer release, Llama 3.1 Instruct 70B. We suggest considering it instead.

Llama 3 Instruct 70B API Provider Benchmarking & Analysis

Model Comparison

This analysis is intended to support you in choosing the best API provider of Llama 3 Instruct 70B for your use-case.

Fastest

Output speed

Total 3 providers

Lowest Latency

Time to first token

Total 3 providers

Lowest Price

Novita

$0.53

Replicate

$0.86

Amazon

$2.74

Blended price (per 1M tokens)

Total 3 providers

Llama 3 70B is available through 3 API providers, each offering different performance characteristics and pricing. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across providers.

For pricing, Novita (0.53), Replicate (0.86), and Amazon (2.74) offer the lowest blended prices per 1M tokens.

Benchmarks of providers are not available for this model.

Please see the models page for Llama 3 Instruct 70B for details of the model and its intelligence compared to other models.

Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better

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Latency

Seconds to first answer token received · Lower is better

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Price

USD per 1M tokens (blended) · Lower is better

Pricing

Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output: Llama 3 Instruct 70B

Price (USD per M Tokens) · Lower is better · 10,000 input tokens

Price per token for cached prompts (previously processed), typically offering a significant discount compared to regular input price, represented as USD per million tokens. The values shown here are the cache hit price; cache write and cache storage are billed separately and vary by provider — see "Cache pricing by provider" for detail.

Cost per Intelligence Index Task: Llama 3 Instruct 70B

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Segmented by token type · Lower is better

No data available

Weighted average cost per Intelligence Index task. Each evaluation’s cost is calculated from input, cache hit, cache write, reasoning, and answer token prices, divided by task count, and weighted by its Intelligence Index weight.

Output Speed vs. Price: Llama 3 Instruct 70B

Blended at 7:2:1 (cache-input-output) · Output speed: output tokens per second · USD per 1M tokens (blended)

Most attractive quadrant

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Tokens per second received while the model is generating tokens (ie. after first chunk has been received from the API for models which support streaming).

Speed

Measured by Output Speed (tokens per second)

Output Speed: Llama 3 Instruct 70B

Output speed: output tokens per second · 10,000 input tokens

No data available

Tokens per second received while the model is generating tokens (ie. after first chunk has been received from the API for models which support streaming).

Figures represent performance of the model's first-party API or the median across providers where a first-party API is not available.

Time per Intelligence Index Task: Llama 3 Instruct 70B

Weighted average decode time (minutes) per Intelligence Index task · Excludes TTFT and overhead time · Lower is better

No data available

The weighted average time (seconds) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task. This is calculated by dividing output tokens per task by output speed, weighted by the relative weights of each benchmark in the Intelligence Index.

Cost per Task vs. Time per Task: Llama 3 Instruct 70B

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Weighted average decode time (minutes) per Intelligence Index task

Most attractive quadrant

No data available

Latency

Measured by Time (seconds) to First Token

Time to First Token: Llama 3 Instruct 70B

Seconds to first token received · Lower is better · 10,000 input tokens

No data available

Time to first token received, in seconds, after API request sent. For reasoning models which share reasoning tokens, this will be the first reasoning token. For models which do not support streaming, this represents time to receive the completion.

Figures represent median (P50) measurement over the past 72 hours to reflect sustained changes in performance.

End-to-End Response Time

Seconds to output 500 tokens, calculated based on time to first token, 'thinking' time for reasoning models, and output speed

End-to-End Response Time: Llama 3 Instruct 70B

Seconds to output 500 tokens, including reasoning model 'thinking' time · Lower is better · 10,000 input tokens

No data available

Seconds to receive a 500 token response. Key components:

Input time: Time to receive the first response token
Thinking time (only for reasoning models): Time reasoning models spend outputting tokens to reason prior to providing an answer. Amount of tokens based on the average reasoning tokens across a diverse set of 60 prompts (methodology details).
Answer time: Time to generate 500 output tokens, based on output speed

Key Comparison Metrics & API Features



Amazon Bedrock	8.19k	Open	--	--	--	--	--
Novita	8.19k	Open	--	--	--	--	--
Replicate	8.19k	Open	--	--	--	--	--

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Llama 3 Instruct 70B providers

Llama 3 Instruct 70B is available through 3 API providers: Novita, Amazon, and Replicate. Each provider offers different performance characteristics and pricing.

Llama 3 Instruct 70B is currently available through 3 API providers that we benchmark and track.

The most affordable providers for Llama 3 Instruct 70B by blended price are Novita ($0.53 per 1M tokens), Replicate ($0.86 per 1M tokens), and Amazon ($2.74 per 1M tokens). Blended price uses a 7:2:1 cache hit/input/output token ratio.

The providers with the lowest input token pricing for Llama 3 Instruct 70B are Novita ($0.51 per 1M input tokens), Replicate ($0.65 per 1M input tokens), and Amazon ($2.65 per 1M input tokens).

The providers with the lowest output token pricing for Llama 3 Instruct 70B are Novita ($0.74 per 1M output tokens), Replicate ($2.75 per 1M output tokens), and Amazon ($3.50 per 1M output tokens).

Prices for Llama 3 Instruct 70B vary up to 5.1x across providers. The most affordable is Novita at $0.53 per 1M tokens, while Amazon charges $2.74 per 1M tokens.

1 of 3 providers support JSON mode for Llama 3 Instruct 70B: Novita.

When choosing a provider for Llama 3 Instruct 70B, consider: output speed (for throughput-intensive tasks), latency (for interactive applications requiring quick first responses), pricing (for cost-sensitive workloads), and API features like JSON mode or function calling.

Yes, provider performance can vary over time due to infrastructure changes, load balancing, and updates. We continuously benchmark all providers and display historical performance trends in the "Over Time" charts.

For information about Llama 3 Instruct 70B's intelligence, capabilities, modalities, and how it compares to other models, see the model overview page. View model overview

Llama 3 Instruct 70B API Provider Benchmarking & Analysis

Fastest

Lowest Latency

Lowest Price

Speed

Latency

Price

Pricing

Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output: Llama 3 Instruct 70B

Cache Hit

Cost per Intelligence Index Task: Llama 3 Instruct 70B

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Output Speed vs. Price: Llama 3 Instruct 70B

Output Speed

Speed

Output Speed: Llama 3 Instruct 70B

Output Speed

Model Performance Representation

Time per Intelligence Index Task: Llama 3 Instruct 70B

Time per Intelligence Index Task

Cost per Task vs. Time per Task: Llama 3 Instruct 70B

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Latency

Time to First Token: Llama 3 Instruct 70B

Latency (Time to First Token)

Median

End-to-End Response Time

End-to-End Response Time: Llama 3 Instruct 70B

End-to-End Response Time

Key Comparison Metrics & API Features

Frequently Asked Questions

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