Llama 3.3 70B vs GPT-4o-mini Search Preview

List-price comparison · Llama 3.3 70B details · GPT-4o-mini Search Preview details

For a typical workload (100,000 requests / mo), Llama 3.3 70B costs 41% less — $24.80/mo vs $42.00/mo.

	Llama 3.3 70B	GPT-4o-mini Search Preview
Input / 1M tokens	$0.100	$0.150
Output / 1M tokens	$0.320	$0.600
Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out)	$0.0002	$0.0004
Context window	131,072 tokens	128k tokens
Max output	16,384 tokens	16,384 tokens
Tier	Flash	Flash
Provider	Meta	OpenAI

Projected monthly cost

1,000 requests / month$0.248 vs $0.42 10,000 requests / month$2.48 vs $4.20 100,000 requests / month$24.80 vs $42.00

Rows open both models in the calculator — adjust volume and token counts there.

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.

GPT-4o-mini Search Preview

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