Grok 4.3 vs Llama 3.3 70B
List-price comparison · Grok 4.3 details · Llama 3.3 70B details
For a typical workload (100,000 requests / mo), Llama 3.3 70B costs 90% less — $24.80/mo vs $250.00/mo.
| Grok 4.3 | Llama 3.3 70B | |
|---|---|---|
| Input / 1M tokens | $1.25 | $0.100 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $2.50 | $0.320 |
| Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out) | $0.0025 | $0.0002 |
| Context window | 1M tokens | 131,072 tokens |
| Max output | — | 16,384 tokens |
| Tier | Flagship | Flash |
| Provider | xAI | Meta |
Projected monthly cost
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Grok 4.3
Strong real-time knowledge via X/Twitter integration and competitive general reasoning at a lower price than other flagship models.
Smaller third-party ecosystem and fewer enterprise compliance certifications than OpenAI/Anthropic/Google offerings.
Llama 3.3 70B
Mature, well-supported open-weight model for general chat and lightweight agents — wide availability across inference providers keeps pricing competitive.
Falls behind newer flagship models on complex reasoning and coding — best suited to well-scoped, repetitive tasks.
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Vendor list rates · per-request examples assume 1,200 input + 400 output tokens.