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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct vs Phi 4

For a typical chat reply (2,000 tokens in, 400 out), Llama 3.3 70B Instruct costs 1.7× as much as Phi 4: $0.328 against $0.196 per 1,000 requests at list price on 2026-09-28.

Llama 3.3 70B InstructPhi 4
Input, per 1M tokens$0.10$0.07
Output, per 1M tokens$0.32$0.14
Context window131K16K
Classification or routing (600 tokens in, 10 out), per 1,000$0.0632$0.0434
Chat reply (2,000 in, 400 out), per 1,000$0.328$0.196
Retrieval-augmented answer (8,000 in, 500 out), per 1,000$0.96$0.63
Confidence signalyesno
Tool callingyesno
BANKING77, correct of 400305not measured

Which one should carry your traffic?

If Phi 4 answers your requests as well as Llama 3.3 70B Instruct, moving that traffic saves 40% on chat-shaped requests. Averages cannot tell you whether it does for your requests. Phi 4 does not expose a confidence signal through OpenRouter, so Gimbix would test it as a full replacement rather than a first answer.

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