Llama 3.3 70B vs Llama 4 Scout

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

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Llama 3.3 70B

Meta

Overall 73

standard

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Llama 4 Scout

Meta

Overall 82

standard

Capability radar

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

Llama 3.3 70BLlama 4 Scout

Comparison of Llama 3.3 70B vs Llama 4 Scout
Metric	Llama 3.3 70B	Llama 4 Scout
Input Price / 1M	$0.23	$0.15
Output Price / 1M	$0.40	$0.50
Combined Price / 1M	$0.63	$0.65
Context Window	128,000	10,000,000
Coding Score	84	83
Reasoning Score	82	85
Vision Score	45	82
Audio	No	No
Streaming	Yes	Yes
Function Calling	Yes	Yes
Latency Tier	standard	standard
Release Date	12/6/2024	3/5/2025

Llama 3.3 70B — Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

Open weights
Low hosting cost
Strong coding

Weaknesses

No native vision
Self-hosting required

Llama 4 Scout — Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

10M context
Open weights
Document RAG

Weaknesses

Extreme context has throughput tradeoffs

Use Case Verdicts

Coding

Llama 3.3 70B scores 84 vs 83 on coding benchmarks.

General Chat

Llama 3.3 70B leads on writing quality (80 vs 79).

Long Context

Llama 4 Scout offers 10M tokens vs 128K.

Cost Efficiency

Llama 3.3 70B is cheaper at $0.63/M combined vs $0.65/M.

Enterprise Use

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

Agent Workflows

Llama 3.3 70B is better suited for agentic workflows with tool use and coding capability.