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  5. Claude Sonnet 4vsLlama 3 70B
Updated May 2025

Claude Sonnet 4vsLlama 3 70B

Llama 3 70B is cheaper than Claude Sonnet 4 at $0.59/M vs $3/M input tokens.

Claude Sonnet 4 and Llama 3 70B compared across 53 shared prompts
SpecClaude Sonnet 4Llama 3 70B
Input price$3/M tokens$0.59/M tokens
Output price$15/M tokens$0.79/M tokens
Context window200K tokens8K tokens
ParametersNot disclosed70B
WeightsClosedOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedMay 2025Apr 2024
Our Verdict
Claude Sonnet 4
Claude Sonnet 4
Llama 3 70B
Llama 3 70BRunner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Claude Sonnet 4 has the edge: newer, bigger context window.

Llama 3 70B costs 19x less per token.

Too close to call
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Claude Sonnet 4
Input
$3.00
Output
$15.00
Llama 3 70B
Input
$0.59
5.1× cheaper
Output
$0.79
19× cheaper

Llama 3 70B is cheaper on both: 5.1× input, 19× output.

Where to run it

2 hosts

Claude Sonnet 42 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
Amazon Bedrock$3.00 in·$15.00 out·200k·100% upGoogle Vertex AI$3.00 in·$15.00 out·1M—
Llama 3 70B

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 9 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
42%

Claude Sonnet 4 uses 70.1x more emoji

Claude Sonnet 4
Llama 3 70B
64%Vocabulary52%
81wSentence Length21w
0.56Hedging0.55
4.5Bold3.4
6.6Lists3.5
0.70Emoji0.00
1.59Headings0.00
0.20Transitions0.05
Based on 28 + 27 text responses
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