Llama 3.1 70B Instruct vs Hy4 preview
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct costs 4.5x less per output token than Hy4 preview ($0.56 vs $2.501 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; no benchmark has tested both models yet.
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- 24.3
- Output $/M
- $0.56
- Coding
- 44.3
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $2.501
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct or Hy4 preview: which to pick
Only Hy4 preview has a coding score, 44.3 on the Vibe Coding Index; Llama 3.1 70B Instruct has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Llama 3.1 70B Instruct for output tokens 4.5x cheaper ($0.56 vs $2.501 per million).
No benchmark has tested both yet. Llama 3.1 70B Instruct has results on LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run), Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) and WeirdML; Hy4 preview on LMArena WebDev, Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) and Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI). Compare them on price and context instead.
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
Only Hy4 preview has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct has a AA Intelligence Index result, 6.6.
Directional only
General
Vals Index
No call
Only Hy4 preview has a Vals Index result, 53.2%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Hy4 preview
Hy4 preview takes 1.05M tokens against 131K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct $0.0008, Hy4 preview $0.0021 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Llama 3.1 70B Instruct not benchmarked, Hy4 preview 44.3 from 3 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- None yet: no category has been tested on both models.
- Widest single gap
- None yet: no benchmark has tested both models.
- Output price
- Llama 3.1 70B Instruct $0.56 against Hy4 preview $2.501 per million output tokens, 4.5x apart.
- Context window
- Llama 3.1 70B Instruct takes 131K tokens, Hy4 preview 1.05M.
Benchmark by benchmark
Every board either model has a result on, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale. Only one model is measured on each, so no row names a leader.
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index15 boards measured
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 70B Instruct | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1631 | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 8.1% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 77.5% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 47.4% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 59.3% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 55.1% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 65.4% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 23.2% | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 3.0% | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| WeirdML | 9.0% | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1260 | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1260 | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1653 | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1620 | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards measured
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 70B Instruct | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 6.6 | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 125.9 | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11 boards measured
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 70B Instruct | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SREBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 2.3% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 55.1% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 32.6% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 45.2% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 8.8% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 58.1% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 69.3% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 1.4% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 15.2% | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| BALROG | 27.9% | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| TheAgentCompany | 6.9% | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 30 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards measured
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 70B Instruct | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 40.9% | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 4.5% | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 44.2% | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1241 | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1209 | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1261 | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards measured
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 70B Instruct | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | 4.0 | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 4.0% | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 3.6% | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 75.0% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| MATH level 5 | 36.7% | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1252 | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1253 | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards measured
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 70B Instruct | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 83.8% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 43.3% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 67.6% | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| MMLU | 80.1% | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1276 | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1257 | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1283 | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1235 | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index22 boards measured
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 70B Instruct | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | Not measured | 53.2% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 68.6% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 83.6% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| IFBench | 34.4% | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| DTBench | 60.0% | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| LMCA | 14.8% | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text | 1261 | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1231 | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1232 | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1294 | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1219 | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1215 | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1222 | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1132 | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1140 | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1262 | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1253 | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1234 | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1256 | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1241 | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1236 | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1230 | Not measured | Only Llama 3.1 70B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 24 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
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct 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 | Meta Llama 3.1 70B Instruct | Tencent Hy4 preview |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Meta Llama | Tencent |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | July 23, 2024 | August 28, 2026 |
| Context window | 131K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.56 | $0.834 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.56 | $2.501 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 44.3 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 3 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Llama 3.1 70B Instruct better than Hy4 preview for coding?
Only Hy4 preview has a coding score, 44.3 on the Vibe Coding Index; Llama 3.1 70B Instruct has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Llama 3.1 70B Instruct for output tokens 4.5x cheaper ($0.56 vs $2.501 per million).
Which is cheaper, Llama 3.1 70B Instruct or Hy4 preview?
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct costs $0.56 per million input tokens and $0.56 per million output tokens; Hy4 preview costs $0.834 and $2.501. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Llama 3.1 70B Instruct or Hy4 preview?
Hy4 preview, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.
Has any benchmark tested both Llama 3.1 70B Instruct and Hy4 preview?
No benchmark has tested both yet. Llama 3.1 70B Instruct has results on LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run), Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) and WeirdML; Hy4 preview on LMArena WebDev, Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) and Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI). Compare them on price and context instead. Data as of October 22, 2026.