Llama 3.3 70B Instruct vs Claude Sonnet 4.6 API Price Comparison

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As of : At official rates, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is $0.5900/1M input tokens and Claude Sonnet 4.6 is $3.0000 — Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is ~80% cheaper than Claude Sonnet 4.6. Via relay providers, the lowest Llama 3.3 70B Instruct rate is $0.0993 (ProAI API) and Claude Sonnet 4.6 is $0.0828 (dddAI). Context windows: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct 128K, Claude Sonnet 4.6 1024K. Claude Sonnet 4.6 supports image input. 37 provider quotes tracked (Llama 3.3 70B Instruct: 16, Claude Sonnet 4.6: 21), updated daily.
Llama 3.3 70B InstructMid-tier
Official
$0.5900
/ 1M tokens
Best Price
$0.0993
/ 1M tokens
16 providers · 128K Context
Claude Sonnet 4.6Mid-tier
Official
$3.0000
/ 1M tokens
Best Price
$0.0828
/ 1M tokens
21 providers · 1024K Context · 👁 Vision
At official prices, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is ~80% cheaper. At the best relay price, Claude Sonnet 4.6 is ~17% cheaper.

Price Comparison

Llama 3.3 70B InstructClaude Sonnet 4.6
Official input / 1M tokens$0.5900$3.0000
Official output / 1M tokens$0.9900$15.0000
Cheapest input / 1M tokens$0.0993$0.0828
Cheapest output / 1M tokens$0.0993$0.4138
providers1621
Context128K1024K
Vision

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct — All Providers

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Official
CerebrasOfficial🌐VisaMCLive
$0.5900
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Relay / Aggregator
ProAI APIRelayLowest🇨🇳支付宝微信Live
$0.0993
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OpenRouterRelay🌐VisaMCCryptoLive
$0.1000
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Nebius AIRelay🌐Manual
$0.1300
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Neets.aiRelay🌐VisaMCManual
$0.1300
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Novita AIRelay🌐VisaMCLive
$0.1350
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RunAPIRelay🇨🇳支付宝微信Live
$0.1655
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Claude Sonnet 4.6 — All Providers

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ProviderInput / 1MAPI
Official
AnthropicOfficial🌐VisaMC👁Live
$3.0000
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Relay / Aggregator
dddAIRelayLowest🇨🇳支付宝微信⚠️ Unusually lowLive
$0.0828
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TreeRouterRelay🇨🇳支付宝微信⚠️ Unusually lowLive
$0.1241
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RunAPIRelay🇨🇳支付宝微信Live
$0.2483
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LaoZhang APIRelay🇨🇳支付宝微信Live
$0.4138
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UiUiAPIRelay🇨🇳支付宝微信VisaMCLive
$0.4138
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EasyRouterRelay🇨🇳支付宝微信Live
$0.4138
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct or Claude Sonnet 4.6?

At official price, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is cheaper by ~80%. At the best relay price, Claude Sonnet 4.6 with a ~17% difference.

What context window do Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and Claude Sonnet 4.6 support?

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct has a 128K token context window; Claude Sonnet 4.6 has 1024K tokens.

Do Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and Claude Sonnet 4.6 support image input?

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct does not support image input; Claude Sonnet 4.6 supports image input.

What is the cheapest way to access Llama 3.3 70B Instruct or Claude Sonnet 4.6?

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct's lowest input price is $0.0993/1M tokens (ProAI API). Claude Sonnet 4.6's is $0.0828/1M tokens (dddAI). Relay providers typically offer lower prices with different SLA terms.

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