Metaopen weightsLlama 3.1 70B Instruct pricing
$0.40 per 1M input tokens and $0.40 per 1M output tokens. In real work that is 0.07¢ per chat answer and 0.63¢ to summarize a 20-page PDF.
What Llama 3.1 70B Instruct costs per task
Token counts estimated from a measured model of the same lab (Qwen3.8 Flash), rescaled by tokenizer. Reasoning tokens are billed as output.
| Task | Cost | Tokens used | Price rank | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answer a chat question | 0.07¢$0.67 / 1,000 | 87 in · 683 out · 909 reasoning | 76 of 336 | estimated |
| Reply to a customer email | 0.04¢$0.40 / 1,000 | 323 in · 97 out · 587 reasoning | 93 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a 1,500-word blog post | ≥0.64¢$6.44 / 1,000 | 103 in · 0 out · 16,000 reasoning | 153 of 336 | estimated |
| Write 10 product descriptions | ≥0.65¢$6.54 / 1,000 | 342 in · 0 out · 16,000 reasoning | 178 of 336 | estimated |
| Translate 1,000 words | 0.11¢$1.07 / 1,000 | 1,375 in · 1,156 out · 136 reasoning | 68 of 336 | estimated |
| Proofread one page (500 words) | 0.10¢$1.04 / 1,000 | 770 in · 665 out · 1,159 reasoning | 94 of 336 | estimated |
| Summarize a 20-page PDF | 0.63¢$6.26 / 1,000 | 13,015 in · 497 out · 2,141 reasoning | 150 of 336 | estimated |
| Extract data from an invoice | 0.11¢$1.07 / 1,000 | 497 in · 556 out · 1,617 reasoning | 107 of 336 | estimated |
| Analyze a 200-row spreadsheet | ≥0.89¢$8.92 / 1,000 | 6,306 in · 0 out · 16,000 reasoning | 99 of 336 | estimated |
| Answer from 5 retrieved documents (RAG) | 0.26¢$2.64 / 1,000 | 3,721 in · 966 out · 1,912 reasoning | 117 of 336 | estimated |
| Classify 100 support tickets | 0.39¢$3.94 / 1,000 | 1,451 in · 529 out · 7,879 reasoning | 125 of 336 | estimated |
| Review 500 lines of code | ≥0.83¢$8.33 / 1,000 | 4,835 in · 0 out · 16,000 reasoning | 133 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a SQL query | 0.11¢$1.12 / 1,000 | 175 in · 401 out · 2,225 reasoning | 115 of 336 | estimated |
| Run a 50-step coding agent | 94¢$935 / 1,000 | 2,241,975 in · 15,030 out · 80,850 reasoning | 232 of 336 | modeled |
Price at every provider
List prices per 1M tokens (input / output) at each host serving Llama 3.1 70B Instruct through OpenRouter today. Hosts can differ in quantization, context and speed.
| Provider | Input / output | Cached input | Context | Uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 DeepInfrafp8 | $0.40 / $0.40 | - | 131K | 100% |
 Amazon Bedrockunknown | $0.72 / $0.72 | - | 131K | 100% |
Price history
First seen in our price history on Sep 5, 2024 at $0.30 input / $0.30 output. Since then the output price moved from $0.30 to $0.40 per 1M tokens (7 changes).
FAQ
How much does Llama 3.1 70B Instruct cost?
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct costs $0.40 per 1 million input tokens and $0.40 per 1 million output tokens (list price on Oct 18, 2026). In practice one chat answer costs about 0.07¢ and summarizing a 20-page PDF about 0.63¢.
Where is Llama 3.1 70B Instruct cheapest?
Among 2 providers we track, the lowest list price today is at DeepInfra: $0.40 input and $0.40 output per 1M tokens.
Is the Llama 3.1 70B Instruct cost per task measured or estimated?
Estimated: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct was not run directly. Tokens come from Qwen3.8 Flash and are rescaled by the tokenizer of Meta. Real usage can differ.