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Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct are closely matched at 19.1 and 13.8 on the LLM Stats Score. Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is 48.0x cheaper per token.

Anthropic · Meta · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 19.1 and 13.8.

In the 6 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Claude 3.5 Sonnet wins 6; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

On price, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is roughly 48.0x cheaper per token on a blended 3:1 input/output basis, which adds up quickly at production volume.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet also accepts a larger context window (200,000 input tokens), making it the stronger choice for long documents and large codebases.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Claude 3.5 Sonnet

  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 6 of 6 exact shared results
  • you process long inputs — it offers a 200,000 token context window

Choose Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

  • cost matters — it's about 48.0x cheaper per token
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Dec 2024
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Anthropic
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Meta
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
19.1
#213
13.8
#247
Reasoning
20.1
#195
11.7
#257
Coding
11.4
#161
9.3
#179
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
6 of 6
0 of 6
Input price
$3.00 / M
$0.10 / M
Output price
$15.00 / M
$0.20 / M
Context window
200,000
131,072

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

3 shared
Index
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Math
23.2#133
17.5#194
Finance
23.3#69
14.0#131
Legal
23.3#57
14.0#115
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

19 reported for Claude 3.5 Sonnet · 9 for Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

6 shared

Claude 3.5 Sonnet outperforms in 6 benchmarks (GPQA, HumanEval, MATH, MGSM, MMLU, MMLU-Pro), while Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Fri Sep 25 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct costs less

For input processing, Claude 3.5 Sonnet ($3.00/1M tokens) is 30.0x more expensive than Llama 3.3 70B Instruct ($0.10/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3.5 Sonnet ($15.00/1M tokens) is 75.0x more expensive than Llama 3.3 70B Instruct ($0.20/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude 3.5 Sonnet is more expensive than Llama 3.3 70B Instruct.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers
Fri Sep 25 2026 • llm-stats.com
Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Input tokens$3.00
Output tokens$15.00
Best providerAnthropic
Meta
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Input tokens$0.10
Output tokens$0.20
Best providerDeepinfra
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude 3.5 Sonnet accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to Llama 3.3 70B Instruct's 131,072 tokens. Claude 3.5 Sonnet can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is limited to 131,072 tokens.

Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
Meta
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Input131,072 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
Fri Sep 25 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Claude 3.5 Sonnet supports multimodal inputs, whereas Llama 3.3 70B Instruct does not.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is licensed under a proprietary license, while Llama 3.3 70B Instruct uses Llama 3.3 Community License Agreement.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Proprietary

Closed source

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

Llama 3.3 Community License Agreement

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3.5 Sonnet was released on 2024-10-22, while Llama 3.3 70B Instruct was released on 2024-12-06.

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is 2 months newer than Claude 3.5 Sonnet.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Oct 22, 2024

1.9 years ago

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

Dec 6, 2024

1.8 years ago

1mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Provider Availability

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is available from DeepInfra, Lambda, Hyperbolic, Groq, Sambanova, Cerebras, Bedrock, Together, Fireworks.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

anthropic logo
Anthropic
Input Price:Input: $3.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $15.00/1M
bedrock logo
AWS Bedrock
Input Price:Input: $3.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $15.00/1M
google logo
Google
Input Price:Input: $3.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $15.00/1M

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

deepinfra logo
Deepinfra
Input Price:Input: $0.10/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.32/1M
lambda logo
Lambda
Input Price:Input: $0.20/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.20/1M
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Hyperbolic
Input Price:Input: $0.40/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.40/1M
groq logo
Groq
Input Price:Input: $0.59/1MOutput Price:Output: $7.90/1M
sambanova logo
Sambanova
Input Price:Input: $0.60/1MOutput Price:Output: $1.20/1M
cerebras logo
Cerebras
Input Price:Input: $0.70/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.80/1M
bedrock logo
AWS Bedrock
Input Price:Input: $0.72/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.72/1M
together logo
Together
Input Price:Input: $0.88/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.88/1M
fireworks logo
Fireworks
Input Price:Input: $0.89/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.89/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet
✓ Preferred
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Llama 3.3 70B Instruct.

Which is better, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Llama 3.3 70B Instruct?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 19.1 and 13.8. Claude 3.5 Sonnet is made by Anthropic and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is made by Meta. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Claude 3.5 Sonnet compare to Llama 3.3 70B Instruct in benchmarks?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet scores GSM8k: 96.4%, DocVQA: 95.2%, AI2D: 94.7%, HumanEval: 93.7%, BIG-Bench Hard: 93.1%. Llama 3.3 70B Instruct scores IFEval: 92.1%, MGSM: 91.1%, HumanEval: 88.4%, MBPP EvalPlus: 87.6%, MMLU: 86.0%.

Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet cheaper than Llama 3.3 70B Instruct?

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is 30.0x cheaper for input tokens. Claude 3.5 Sonnet costs $3.00/M input and $15.00/M output via anthropic. Llama 3.3 70B Instruct costs $0.10/M input and $0.20/M output via deepinfra.

What are the context window sizes for Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet supports 200K tokens and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct supports 131K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (19.1 vs 13.8), context window (200K vs 131K), input pricing ($3.00 vs $0.10/M), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Llama 3.3 Community License Agreement). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is developed by Anthropic and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is developed by Meta.

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