Is MiniMax-M3 or Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct cheaper?

Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($1.20 vs $2.40 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, MiniMax-M3 or Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct?

MiniMax-M3 has the larger context window (1M tokens).

MiniMax-M3 vs Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct

Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while MiniMax-M3 offers a larger context window. Choose MiniMax-M3 or Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	MiniMax-M3	Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
Provider	SambaNova	SambaNova
Input / 1M tokens	$0.60	$0.60
Output / 1M tokens	$2.40	$1.20
Context window	1M	131K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Jun 2026	Dec 2024

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