Compare/Llama 3 Instruct 70B vs GLM-4.5V (Reasoning)

Llama 3 Instruct 70BvsGLM-4.5V (Reasoning)

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

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Llama 3 Instruct 70B

Input
$0.58/M
Output
$1.745/M
Speed
40 tok/s
TTFT
0.48s
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GLM-4.5V (Reasoning)

Input
$0.6/M
Output
$1.8/M
Speed
56 tok/s
TTFT
0.98s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Llama 3 Instruct 70B
Faster (tok/s)
GLM-4.5V (Reasoning)
Lower Latency
Llama 3 Instruct 70B
Benchmarks (2-10)
GLM-4.5V (Reasoning)

Pricing Comparison

MetricLlama 3 Instruct 70BGLM-4.5V (Reasoning)
Input ($/M tokens)$0.58$0.6
Output ($/M tokens)$1.745$1.8
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Llama 3 Instruct 70B$0.75
GLM-4.5V (Reasoning)$0.78

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Llama 3 Instruct 70B
40 tok/s
GLM-4.5V (Reasoning)
56 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Llama 3 Instruct 70B
0.48s
GLM-4.5V (Reasoning)
0.98s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
8.915.1
Coding Index
6.810.9
Math Index
73.0
GPQA Diamond
37.9%68.4%
MMLU-Pro
57.4%78.8%
LiveCodeBench
19.8%60.4%
AIME 2025
73.0%
MATH-500
48.3%
Humanity's Last Exam
4.4%5.9%
SciCode
18.9%22.1%
IFBench
37.1%34.2%
TerminalBench
0.8%5.3%
Llama 3 Instruct 70B2 wins
10 winsGLM-4.5V (Reasoning)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Llama 3 Instruct 70B or GLM-4.5V (Reasoning)?

Llama 3 Instruct 70B is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.87/M tokens vs $0.90/M for GLM-4.5V (Reasoning).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

GLM-4.5V (Reasoning) wins 10 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 2 for Llama 3 Instruct 70B. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

GLM-4.5V (Reasoning) generates tokens faster at 56 tok/s vs 40 tok/s. Llama 3 Instruct 70B also has lower time-to-first-token (0.48s vs 0.98s).

When should I use Llama 3 Instruct 70B vs GLM-4.5V (Reasoning)?

Choose based on your priorities: Llama 3 Instruct 70B for lower cost, GLM-4.5V (Reasoning) for stronger benchmark performance, and GLM-4.5V (Reasoning) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.