Gemma 3 4B IT vs Meta Llama 3.1 70B Instruct Turbo
Meta Llama 3.1 70B Instruct Turbo grades higher overall (26.8 against 21.5). Gemma 3 4B IT costs 84% less for the same work, and both read a 128K-token context.
Gemma 3 4B IT
by Google · #64 of 67 overall
Coming soon · price at launch
Context
128K
Input / 1M
$0.050
Output / 1M
$0.10
Meta Llama 3.1 70B Instruct Turbo
by Meta · #63 of 67 overall
Coming soon · price at launch
Context
128K
Input / 1M
$0.40
Output / 1M
$0.40
Better overall
Meta Llama 3.1 70B Instruct Turbo
Grade 21.5 vs 26.8
Cheaper
Gemma 3 4B IT
84% less, $0.063 vs $0.40 blended
Larger context
Same
128K vs 128K tokens
Head to head
Public benchmarks. Longer is better; each value links to its source.
LMArena TextElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Gemma 3 4B ITMeta Llama 3.1 70B Instruct Turbov = reported by the model’s maker. — = no public score yet. Arena bars span the range across every model we grade.
What it costs you
Drag to match your monthly usage.
Gemma 3 4B IT$14.00 /month
Meta Llama 3.1 70B Instruct Turbo$96.00 /month
Gemma 3 4B IT saves you $82.00 a month at this usage, $984 a year.
At a glance
Attribute
Gemma 3 4B IT
Meta Llama 3.1 70B Instruct Turbo
Made by
Google
Meta
Availability
Coming soon
Coming soon
Overall grade
Good · 21.5
Good · 26.8
Overall rank
#64 of 67
#63 of 67
Input price
$0.050 per 1M
$0.40 per 1M
Output price
$0.10 per 1M
$0.40 per 1M
Context window
131,072 tokens
131,072 tokens
Reasoning levels
No
No
Reads images
Yes
No
Model ID
gemma-3-4b-it
meta-llama-3.1-70b-instruct-turbo
Try both with one key
Same endpoint, same key, both hosted in the USA. Change one word to switch models, in Claude Code, Cursor, Cline or your own code.
# Ask either model the same thingcurlhttps://fullsendai.com/v1/chat/completions \-H"Authorization: Bearer $FULLSEND_API_KEY" \-d'{"model": "gemma-3-4b-it", "messages": [...]}'# …then swap one word-d'{"model": "meta-llama-3.1-70b-instruct-turbo", "messages": [...]}'
Questions
Is Gemma 3 4B IT or Meta Llama 3.1 70B Instruct Turbo better?
Meta Llama 3.1 70B Instruct Turbo grades 26.8 against 21.5 for Gemma 3 4B IT, from public benchmarks.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 4B IT or Meta Llama 3.1 70B Instruct Turbo?
Gemma 3 4B IT: $0.050 in and $0.10 out per million tokens, against $0.40 and $0.40 through FullsendAI.
Which has the larger context window?
Neither: both take 131,072 tokens.
Can I use both with one API key?
Yes, once they launch: both are coming soon, at the prices shown, and both will use the same FullsendAI key.
