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Why use Llama 3 70B Instruct on OpenRouter?
OpenRouter offers Llama 3 70B Instruct with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.51/1M input tokens. OpenRouter is a multi-provider LLM aggregator offering unified API access to 300+ models from all major labs and emerging providers, with automatic failover for reliability.
Compare Llama 3 70B Instruct across 17 providers to find the best fit for your use caseSetup recipe
Docs fallbackUse the provider REST API or SDKCreate a provider API keymodel: meta-llama/llama-3-70b-instructmeta-llama/llama-3-70b-instructRequest example
meta-llama/llama-3-70b-instruct.Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "meta-llama/llama-3-70b-instruct", not the LLMReference slug "llama3-70b-instruct".
Compare Llama 3 70B Instruct Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| GCP Vertex AI | $1.20 | $3.60 |
| AWS Bedrock | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Microsoft Foundry | $3.78 | $11.34 |
| NVIDIA NIM | — | — |
| DeepInfra | $0.45 | $0.65 |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.51 |
| Output tokens | $0.74 |
Capabilities
About Llama 3 70B Instruct
The Llama 3 70B Instruct model is a large language model with 70 billion parameters, released by Meta on April 18, 2024. It's an instruction-tuned variant optimized for conversational applications, utilizing an advanced auto-regressive transformer architecture. The model excels in following instructions and engaging in dialogue, having been trained on over 15 trillion tokens with a December 2023 knowledge cutoff. It demonstrates superior performance on industry benchmarks, scoring 82.0 on the MMLU (5-shot) test. The model incorporates extensive safety measures and optimizations, including RLHF, to enhance helpfulness and reduce harmful content generation. For more details, visit the model's Hugging Face page [1].
FAQ
What does Llama 3 70B Instruct cost on OpenRouter?
On OpenRouter, Llama 3 70B Instruct costs $0.51 per 1M input tokens and $0.74 per 1M output tokens.
What is the context window for Llama 3 70B Instruct on OpenRouter?
Llama 3 70B Instruct supports a 8,192 token context window on OpenRouter.
How does OpenRouter compare to other Llama 3 70B Instruct providers?
Llama 3 70B Instruct is available from 17 providers. The cheapest input pricing is $0.40/1M tokens from Hyperbolic AI Inference.
What API model ID do I use for Llama 3 70B Instruct on OpenRouter?
Use the model ID meta-llama/llama-3-70b-instruct when calling OpenRouter's API.
Who created Llama 3 70B Instruct?
Llama 3 70B Instruct was created by AI at Meta as part of the Llama 3 model family.
Is Llama 3 70B Instruct open source?
Llama 3 70B Instruct is open source according to the seed data.