Skip to content

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is Meta's refined text-only model. It targets 405B-class results at 70B serving cost, with improved instruction following and multilingual capability.

Tool Use
index.ts
import { streamText } from 'ai'


const result = streamText({
  model: 'meta/llama-3.3-70b',
  prompt: 'Why is the sky blue?'
})
OverviewPlaygroundAboutProvidersThroughputLatencyUptimeStatusSimilarFAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

  • What specifically improved in Llama 3.3 70B Instruct over Llama 3.1 70B?

    Instruction following quality and multilingual capabilities. Llama 3.3 70B Instruct delivers performance comparable to the much larger 3.1 405B, with refinements in how the model handles detailed and constrained instructions.

  • Is Llama 3.3 70B Instruct a drop-in upgrade from 3.1 70B?

    Architecturally, yes. But improved instruction following means outputs may differ in style or format compared to 3.1 70B for the same prompts. Run regression tests against existing prompts before switching production workloads.

  • Does Llama 3.3 70B Instruct support vision inputs?

    No. It is a text-only model. For multimodal workflows at the 70B scale, Llama 3.2 90B (adapter-based vision) or Llama 4 Maverick (natively multimodal) are the appropriate alternatives.

  • How does Llama 3.3 70B Instruct relate to the broader Llama ecosystem tooling?

    Fully compatible with Llama Stack distributions, which provide standardized interfaces for RAG and agentic application development.