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DeepSeek V3 0324 vs Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

DeepSeek V3 0324 at $0.310 in and $1.29 out and Llama 3.1 70B Instruct at $0.460 in and $0.460 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

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DeepSeek V3 0324

DeepSeek

0.26¢

for a client proposal

$0.310 in · $1.29 out / 1M

164K context · released March 2025

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Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Meta

0.27¢

for a client proposal

$0.460 in · $0.460 out / 1M

131K context · released July 2024

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.53¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

  • Cheapest input: DeepSeek V3 0324 at $0.310 per million tokens.
  • Cheapest output: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct at $0.460 per million tokens.
  • Largest context: DeepSeek V3 0324 at 164K tokens — about 230 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out
DeepSeek V3 0324
0.13¢
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
0.11¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out
DeepSeek V3 0324
0.26¢
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
0.27¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out
DeepSeek V3 0324
$0.05
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
needs 155K ctx

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out
DeepSeek V3 0324
1.2¢
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
1.7¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out
DeepSeek V3 0324
needs 250K ctx
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
needs 250K ctx

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

Drag the slider to adjust the split between input and output workload.

80% Input20% Output
free$0.25$0.510 tokens250k500k750k1000k
DeepSeek V3 0324
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Adjust the ratio slider to change how output tokens influence the final price for equivalent workloads.

Pricing

DeepSeek V3 0324
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Input / 1M tokens
$0.310
$0.460
Output / 1M tokens
$1.29
$0.460
Cached input / 1M
$0.155
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Specs

DeepSeek V3 0324
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Provider
DeepSeek
Meta
Released
March 2025
July 2024
Context window
164K
131K
Max output
66K
16K
Input
Text
Text
Output
Text
Text
Reasoning
Answers directly
Answers directly
Knowledge cutoff
2024-07-31
2023-12-31

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

DeepSeek V3 0324

DeepSeek

0.13¢

for this task

49% input · 51% output

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Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Meta

0.11¢

for this task

80% input · 20% output

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All 2, same prompt and context: 0.24¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 2,070 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, DeepSeek V3 0324 has the largest context window here — 164K tokens.

On price, DeepSeek V3 0324 is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.26¢.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

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Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V3 0324 or Llama 3.1 70B Instruct?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): DeepSeek V3 0324 at 0.26¢; Llama 3.1 70B Instruct at 0.27¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

DeepSeek V3 0324 — 164K tokens, about 230 pages.

Can I run DeepSeek V3 0324 and Llama 3.1 70B Instruct side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 0.53¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.53¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.

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