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Llama 3.3 70B vs Llama 4 Maverick

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, capabilities, benchmarks, and use case fit.

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Llama 3.3 70B

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Overall 73
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Llama 4 Maverick

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Overall 86
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Capability radar

Normalized coding, reasoning, writing, vision, context, and value

CodingReasoningWritingVisionContextValue
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Comparison of Llama 3.3 70B vs Llama 4 Maverick
MetricLlama 3.3 70BLlama 4 Maverick
Input Price / 1M$0.23$0.20
Output Price / 1M$0.40$0.60
Combined Price / 1M$0.63$0.80
Context Window128,0001,000,000
Coding Score8487
Reasoning Score8288
Vision Score4585
AudioNoNo
StreamingYesYes
Function CallingYesYes
Latency Tierstandardstandard
Release Date12/6/20243/5/2025

Llama 3.3 70B — Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

  • Open weights
  • Low hosting cost
  • Strong coding

Weaknesses

  • No native vision
  • Self-hosting required

Llama 4 Maverick — Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

  • 1M open context
  • Multimodal
  • Very low API cost

Weaknesses

  • Newer ecosystem
  • Variable hosted quality

Use Case Verdicts

Coding

Llama 4 Maverick

Llama 4 Maverick scores 87 vs 84 on coding benchmarks.

General Chat

Llama 4 Maverick

Llama 4 Maverick leads on writing quality (82 vs 80).

Long Context

Llama 4 Maverick

Llama 4 Maverick offers 1M tokens vs 128K.

Cost Efficiency

Llama 3.3 70B

Llama 3.3 70B is cheaper at $0.63/M combined vs $0.80/M.

Enterprise Use

Llama 4 Maverick

Llama 4 Maverick combines strong reasoning, tooling, and context for enterprise workloads.

Agent Workflows

Llama 4 Maverick

Llama 4 Maverick is better suited for agentic workflows with tool use and coding capability.