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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Comprehensive deployment profile and benchmark telemetry for Llama 3.3 70B Instruct. Self-hosting memory footprints, verified token economics, and direct API endpoints.
Verified Engineering Benchmarks
SWE-bench
49.2%
LiveCodeBench
57.5%
MATH-500
94.5%
MMLU
88.5%
VRAM Requirements & Sizing
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🖥️ Compatible GPUs & Self-Host Pricing
Deterministic VRAM math from entity graph. Green = fits in single GPU.
| GPU | VRAM | FP16 | FP8 | INT4 | Calculator Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H100 SXM5 | 80 GB | OOM | OOM | ✓ fits | Pre-filled → |
| H200 | 141 GB | ✓ fits | ✓ fits | ✓ fits | Pre-filled → |
| B200 | 192 GB | ✓ fits | ✓ fits | ✓ fits | Pre-filled → |
| A100 80GB | 80 GB | OOM | OOM | ✓ fits | Pre-filled → |
| L40S | 48 GB | OOM | OOM | ✓ fits | Pre-filled → |
| RTX 4090 | 24 GB | OOM | OOM | OOM | Pre-filled → |
⚡ Verified Free API Available
KV-Cache Memory Scaling
| Precision | Weights | 4K Context | 32K Context | 128K Context | Total 4K | Total 32K | Total 128K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP16 | 140 GB | 2 GB | 8 GB | 32 GB | ~142 GB | ~148 GB | ~172 GB |
| FP8 | 71 GB | 1 GB | 4 GB | 16 GB | ~72 GB | ~75 GB | ~87 GB |
| INT4/AWQ | 38 GB | 0.5 GB | 2 GB | 8 GB | ~38.5 GB | ~40 GB | ~46 GB |
✓ OptimizedWeights + KV-Cache formula:
Total = Weights + 2 × Layers × Heads × Head_Dim × Context × Bytes_Per_Element + 2 GB CUDAProduction Run Commands
vLLM ServerCopy via DevTools →
python3 -m vllm.entrypoints.openai.api_server \ --model meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct \ --max-model-len 32768 \ --gpu-memory-utilization 0.95 \ --tensor-parallel-size 1 \ --fp8-mlx
Tensor parallelism: TP=1 · Max model len: 32768 · Quantization: FP8
Ollama ModelfileCopy via DevTools →
FROM meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
PARAMETER num_ctx 4096
PARAMETER num_thread 4
TEMPLATE "<|im_start|>{{user}}<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant<|im_end|>
{{.}}"num_ctx tuned for 4096 tokens · Increase num_ctx for longer context (up to 128k for supported GPUs)
Host-vs-API Breakeven Analysis
Self-Host Cost
$3.19/hr
1x H200 141GB · 480K tokens/hr
API Cost
$0.88/$M in
$0.88/$M out · Groq/DeepInfra/OpenRouter
Breakeven Point
1.8M tokens/day
Self-host cheaper above this volume
💡 Breakeven Insight
At $3.19/hr self-hosting on 1x H200 141GB, you break even after 1.8M input tokens per day compared to $0.88/M API costs. Below that threshold, serverless APIs (Groq , DeepInfra) are strictly cheaper. Above it, self-hosting with vLLM on spot GPUs provides better unit economics at scale.
Active API Providers & Free Tiers
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Speed | Free Tier Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groq | $0.59 | $0.79 | 280 tok/s | ⚡ 30 RPM / 14,400 RPD |
| Cerebras | $0.60 | $0.60 | 450 tok/s | Paid API Only |
| Together AI | $0.88 | $0.88 | 45 tok/s | Paid API Only |
| DeepInfra | $0.35 | $0.35 | 80 tok/s | Paid API Only |
| Fireworks | $0.90 | $0.90 | 75 tok/s | Paid API Only |
| OpenRouter | $0.59 | $0.79 | 120 tok/s | Paid API Only |
| NVIDIA NIM | $0.10 | $0.15 | 500 tok/s | Paid API Only |
| GitHub Models | $0.15 | $0.20 | 30 tok/s | ⚡ 15 RPM / 150 RPD |
| SambaNova | $0.00 | $0.00 | 350 tok/s | ⚡ Free Developer Tier |
OpenAI SDK Drop-in
import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({
baseURL: "https://api.groq.com/openai/v1",
apiKey: process.env.GROQ_API_KEY,
});
const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "llama-3.3-70b",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
});Related Engineering Guides & Analysis
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