Models / Compare /Llama 3.3 70B Instruct vs GLM 5
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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct vs GLM 5
Compared on live catalog data — pricing synced daily, benchmark scores with provenance.
The short version
- Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is cheaper to run hosted: $0.32/M output vs $2.55/M for GLM 5 (8.0× difference at the cheapest tracked provider).
- GLM 5 takes 205K tokens of context vs 131K for Llama 3.3 70B Instruct.
- Llama 3.3 70B Instruct has downloadable weights (OPEN*) so you can self-host it; we hold no downloadable copy of GLM 5, so it runs through a provider's API.
- GLM 5 scores 1497.4049 on Arena Coding vs 1345.5887 for Llama 3.3 70B Instruct.
- GLM 5 scores 1446.2097 on Arena Creative Writing vs 1286.3107 for Llama 3.3 70B Instruct.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Meta | Z.AI |
| Parameters | 70.6B | 754B |
| 131K | 205K | |
| Weights | OPEN* | OPEN |
| License | llama3.3 | MIT License |
| Modality | text->text | text->text |
| Released | Nov 26, 2024 | Feb 11, 2026 |
| 44.5 GBest | 475.3 GBest | |
| Cheapest hosted | $0.10 / $0.32 per 1M (OpenRouter) | $0.95 / $2.55 per 1M (OpenRouter) |
| Tracked providers | 17 | 17 |
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct — our take
Llama 3.3 is a 70.6-billion-parameter text model from Meta with a 131,072-token request limit and a licence that permits commercial use with specific conditions. It is a strong instruction-follower with wide hosting choice, though its reasoning scores sit below what its size might suggest.
full breakdown →GLM 5 — our take
GLM 5 is a large downloadable text model from Z.AI with a permissive MIT licence and a 204,800-token request limit. It scores well on coding leaderboards and is available from nine different providers, though its total parameter count may overstate its actual per-token workload.
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