Models

Grok 4.5 vs Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

Compare Grok 4.5 from Grok and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct from Llama on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

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Grok logo
Grok 4.5
Grok · text, image → text

Grok 4.5 was trained on datasets spanning knowledge in coding, science, engineering, and math. With both intelligent and efficient reasoning, Grok 4.5 excels at real engineering tasks and exceeds comparable leading models at these tasks.

Input$2 /M
Output$6 /M
Cache read$0.5 /M
Llama logo
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Llama · text → text

Input$0.6 /M
Output$1.2 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Grok 4.5
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Input /M
$2
$0.6
Output /M
$6
$1.2
Cache read /M
$0.5
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Context length
500,000
131,072
Max output
500,000
0
Time to First Token
2.8 s
1.9 s
Throughput
31.5 tok/s
14.3 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
text
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
long context
API Formats
Released
July 2026
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Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Text
grok-4.5llama-3.3-70b-instruct
1260134014201500
Overall
13171471
Coding
13461523
Math
12961479
Hard prompts
13201495
Instruction following
12921466
Multi-turn
13161476
Creative writing
12851451
Longer query
13131487
Chinese
12931512
English
13441476

Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
$54.00 /mo
Grok 4.5
$210 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Grok 4.5, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct?

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct: $1.2/M output tokens; Grok 4.5: $6/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Grok 4.5: 1523; Llama 3.3 70B Instruct: 1346 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct: 1.9s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

How large is each context window?

Grok 4.5 accepts 500,000 and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct accepts 131,072 input tokens.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Grok 4.5 at 31.5 tok/s and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct at 14.3 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Grok 4.5 accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context; Llama 3.3 70B Instruct accepts text input and supports long context.

Can I call Grok 4.5 and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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