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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct vs GLM OCR

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (Meta) and GLM OCR (Zai Org) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 18 August 2026

As of 18 August 2026, GLM OCR holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#173 vs #175); and GLM OCR ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Llama 3.3 70B Instruct if…

  • you want provider choice — 12 listed API providers against 0.

Choose GLM OCR if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #173 against #175 (21.4 vs 20.6 points).
  • you want to self-host: GLM OCR ships open weights while Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is gated access.
  • you want the more recently listed model — GLM OCR was listed 30 January 2026, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct 6 December 2024.

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct vs GLM OCR: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and GLM OCR
FieldLlama 3.3 70B InstructMetaGLM OCRZai Org
ModelCap Index position#175#173
Index score20.621.4
EvidenceMeasuredEstimated
Input price / 1M tokens$0.10Unlisted
Output price / 1M tokens$0.32Unlisted
Context window131K tokens— tokens
Max output tokens16K—
API providers listed120
Weight accessGated accessOpen weights
Input modalitiesTextText, Image
First listed6 December 202430 January 2026
PublisherMetaZai Org

Evidence: 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards · global corpus prior · leave-one-anchor-out calibrated. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct vs GLM OCR

Public benchmark boards where Llama 3.3 70B Instruct or GLM OCR has a published result
BoardLlama 3.3 70B InstructGLM OCRLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)13461339–1352—Only one result
BFCL V4UC Berkeley (Gorilla)31.9Function calling—Only one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct vs GLM OCR: common questions

Is Llama 3.3 70B Instruct better than GLM OCR?

GLM OCR ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 18 August 2026: #173 against #175. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it.

Is Llama 3.3 70B Instruct cheaper than GLM OCR?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct or GLM OCR?

Both publish a 131K-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct or GLM OCR?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and GLM OCR open-weight models?

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct: Gated access. GLM OCR: Open weights. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and GLM OCR?

ModelCap currently lists 12 API providers for Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and 0 for GLM OCR, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Llama 3.3 70B Instruct vs GLM OCR comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 18 August 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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