Command R7B (12-2024) vs Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Command R7B (12-2024) costs 4.8x less per output token than Llama 3.3 70B Instruct ($0.15 vs $0.72 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 1 benchmarks have a result for both.
Command R7B (12-2024) or Llama 3.3 70B Instruct: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Command R7B (12-2024) for output tokens 4.8x cheaper ($0.15 vs $0.72 per million).
- Shared results
- 1
- Command R7B (12-2024) only
- 0
- Llama 3.3 70B Instruct only
- 51
- Like-for-like categories
- 1 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct has a AA Intelligence Index result, 7.7.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct takes 131K tokens against 128K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Command R7B (12-2024)
Command R7B (12-2024) $0.0001, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct $0.0008 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Command R7B (12-2024) not benchmarked, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 0.2 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL): Command R7B (12-2024) 32.1% against Llama 3.3 70B Instruct 31.9%, 0.2 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Command R7B (12-2024) $0.15 against Llama 3.3 70B Instruct $0.72 per million output tokens, 4.8x apart.
- Context window
- Command R7B (12-2024) takes 128K tokens, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct 131K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Command R7B (12-2024) | Bars | Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic work | 1 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 1 | 0 |
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command R7B (12-2024) | Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 11.9 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 28.8% | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 3.0% | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 14.4% | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1268 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1273 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 33 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command R7B (12-2024) | Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | Not measured | 7.7 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 127.3 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Command R7B (12-2024) | Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 26.6% | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| BALROG | Not measured | 23.0% | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) | 32.1% | 31.9% | Command R7B (12-2024) |
| Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command R7B (12-2024) | Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 49.8% | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 3.6% | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 47.4% | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| SimpleBench | Not measured | 19.9% | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1257 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1225 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1277 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command R7B (12-2024) | Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | Not measured | 7.7 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 7.7% | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 5.1% | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| MATH level 5 | Not measured | 41.6% | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1267 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1267 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command R7B (12-2024) | Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 71.3% | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| MMLU | Not measured | 86.3% | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1284 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1275 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1284 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1243 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command R7B (12-2024) | Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 9 boards here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index22 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command R7B (12-2024) | Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | Not measured | 47.1% | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 15.7% | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| DTBench | Not measured | 59.5% | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 17.5% | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| Fiction.LiveBench | Not measured | 33.3% | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1274 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1242 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1250 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1303 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1236 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1217 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1251 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1150 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1142 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1282 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1269 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1252 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1259 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1280 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1255 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1255 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1241 | Only Llama 3.3 70B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command R7B (12-2024) | Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Command R7B (12-2024) costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Command R7B (12-2024) costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Command R7B (12-2024) costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Cohere Command R7B (12-2024) | Meta Llama 3.3 70B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Cohere | Meta Llama |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | December 14, 2024 | December 6, 2024 |
| Context window | 128K | 131K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.0375 | $0.45 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.15 | $0.72 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Command R7B (12-2024) better than Llama 3.3 70B Instruct for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Command R7B (12-2024) for output tokens 4.8x cheaper ($0.15 vs $0.72 per million).
Which is cheaper, Command R7B (12-2024) or Llama 3.3 70B Instruct?
Command R7B (12-2024) costs $0.0375 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; Llama 3.3 70B Instruct costs $0.45 and $0.72. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Command R7B (12-2024) or Llama 3.3 70B Instruct?
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct, with 131K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks is the Command R7B (12-2024) vs Llama 3.3 70B Instruct comparison based on?
1 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Command R7B (12-2024)'s coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.