Gemma 4 31B vs Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

Gemma 4 31B at $0.115 in and $0.391 out and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct at $0.115 in and $0.368 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

Gemma 4 31B

Google

0.09¢

for a client proposal

$0.115 in · $0.391 out / 1M

262K context · released 4 months ago

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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

At a glance

All 2 cost the same on input.
Cheapest output: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct at $0.368 per million tokens.
Largest context: Gemma 4 31B at 262K tokens — about 370 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

Gemma 4 31B

0.04¢

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

0.04¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Gemma 4 31B

0.09¢

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

0.09¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Gemma 4 31B

1.9¢

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

needs 155K ctx

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Gemma 4 31B

0.44¢

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

0.44¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Gemma 4 31B

3¢

Llama 3.3 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

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Gemma 4 31B

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Pricing

Gemma 4 31B

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

Input / 1M tokens

$0.115

Output / 1M tokens

$0.391

$0.368

Cached input / 1M

$0.115

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Specs

Gemma 4 31B

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

Provider

Google

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Gemma 4 31B

Google

0.04¢

for this task

54% input · 46% output

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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Gemma 4 31B has the largest context window here — 262K tokens.

On price, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.09¢.

For images or files, Gemma 4 31B can read them directly; Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is text-only.

If you want to watch the model think, Gemma 4 31B shows reasoning; the other answers directly.

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, Gemma 4 31B or Llama 3.3 70B Instruct?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Llama 3.3 70B Instruct at 0.09¢; Gemma 4 31B at 0.09¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

Gemma 4 31B — 262K tokens, about 370 pages.

Can I run Gemma 4 31B and Llama 3.3 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 0.18¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.18¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.