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Codestral vs Llama 3.3 70B

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Mistral · 256k context | Meta · 128k context

Pricing Comparison

Metric	Codestral	Llama 3.3 70B
Input / 1M tokens	$0.3	$0.23
Output / 1M tokens	$0.9	$0.4
Cached input / 1M	—	—
Context window	256k	128k
Provider	Mistral	Meta

Cost Calculator

Input tokens

Output tokens

Requests/day

💰 Llama 3.3 70B saves $96.00/month (43% cheaper)

MCodestral

Per request$0.000750

Daily$7.50

Monthly$225.00

Yearly$2,737.50

LLlama 3.3 70BCHEAPER

Per request$0.000430

Daily$4.30

Monthly$129.00

Yearly$1,569.50

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Choose Codestral when…

✓ Larger context window (256k vs 128k) — better for long documents
✓ Optimized for: Code generation

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Choose Llama 3.3 70B when…

✓ Cheaper for RAG & document retrieval (lower input cost)
✓ 23% cheaper per input token
✓ Cheaper for generation-heavy workloads (lower output cost)
✓ Optimized for: Open-source workloads

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