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Why use Llama 3 70B Instruct on Together AI?
Together AI offers Llama 3 70B Instruct with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.88/1M input tokens. Together AI is a platform for running open-source and proprietary LLMs with fast serverless and dedicated endpoints at competitive inference pricing.
Compare Llama 3 70B Instruct across 17 providers to find the best fit for your use caseSetup recipe
Python + curlpip install togetherexport TOGETHER_API_KEY=...from together import Together
client = Together() # reads TOGETHER_API_KEY from env
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="llama3-70b-instruct",llama3-70b-instructRequest example
from together import Together
client = Together() # reads TOGETHER_API_KEY from env
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="llama3-70b-instruct",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- Together uses "organization/model-name" format, e.g. "meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct" or "Qwen/QwQ-32B". See the Together model catalog for the exact ID.
- The examples expect TOGETHER_API_KEY; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
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 | $0.88 |
| Output tokens | $0.88 |
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 Together AI?
On Together AI, Llama 3 70B Instruct costs $0.88 per 1M input tokens and $0.88 per 1M output tokens.
What is the context window for Llama 3 70B Instruct on Together AI?
Llama 3 70B Instruct supports a 8,000 token context window on Together AI.
How does Together AI 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.
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.