jamba-mini-1.7 vs llama-3.3-70b-versatile
jamba-mini-1.7 is 2.9× cheaper on input than llama-3.3-70b-versatile.
| jamba-mini-1.7 | llama-3.3-70b-versatile | |
|---|---|---|
| Input / 1M | $0.20 | $0.59 |
| Cached input / 1M | — | — |
| Output / 1M | $0.40 | $0.79 |
| Context window | 256K | 128K |
| Max output | 256K | 33K |
| Provider | AI21 | Groq |
| Vision | No | No |
| Tool calling | No | Yes |
| Token count | estimated | estimated |
Capability for the money
Independent measurement · Artificial Analysis · read 2026-08-11Not the same tier: llama-3.3-70b-versatile leads jamba-mini-1.7 by 15.7 points on following instructions (IFBench), for 2.6× the price.
Following instructions
extraction, classification, sticking to a format
IFBenchllama-3.3-70b-versatile +15.7
Coding
writing and fixing code
LiveCodeBenchllama-3.3-70b-versatile +22.7
Tool use
multi-step agent work against real tools
τ²-benchllama-3.3-70b-versatile +14.0
Hard reasoning
graduate-level science and multi-step analysis
GPQA Diamondllama-3.3-70b-versatile +17.6
Averaged over the benchmarks both models sat, jamba-mini-1.7 returns 82.3 points of pass rate per dollar of blended price against 59.5 — the ratio that decides whether the dearer model earns its rate.
Each figure is a pass rate: the share of that test set the model answered correctly, measured by a third party rather than self-reported by the lab. Rows are different tests of different difficulty, so compare a model against the other model, not one row against the next. And a benchmark is not your workload — it narrows the shortlist, it does not pick for you.
Which to pick
- Cheaper input: jamba-mini-1.7
- Cheaper output: jamba-mini-1.7
- Larger context: jamba-mini-1.7
- Better at following instructions: llama-3.3-70b-versatile (31.4% vs 47.1% on IFBench)
- Better at coding: llama-3.3-70b-versatile (6.1% vs 28.8% on LiveCodeBench)
- Better at tool use: llama-3.3-70b-versatile (12.6% vs 26.6% on τ²-bench)
- Better at hard reasoning: llama-3.3-70b-versatile (32.2% vs 49.8% on GPQA Diamond)
List price is not production cost. Output length, cache hit rate, retries and task quality move the real number more than the headline rate does — price your own prompt on the token ledger before deciding.
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