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Amazon Titan Text Express vs Meta Llama3 1 405b Instruct

This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.

Amazon

Model

Amazon Titan Text Express

Context window

42K

42,000 tokens · ~32K words

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Meta

Model

Meta Llama3 1 405b Instruct

Tool calling

Context window

128K

128,000 tokens · ~96K words

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Context window · side by side

Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.

Amazon Titan Text Express42K
Meta Llama3 1 405b Instruct128K

Meta Llama3 1 405b Instruct has about 3× the context window of the other in this pair.

Meta Llama3 1 405b Instruct has 204% more context capacity (128K vs 42K tokens). Amazon Titan Text Express is 75% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Meta Llama3 1 405b Instruct. Its 128K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 42K).

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Amazon Titan Text Express. Input tokens are 75% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

  • Long output (reports, code files)

    Use Amazon Titan Text Express. Its 8K max output lets you generate complete artifacts in one request.

Full specs

Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.

SpecAmazon Titan Text ExpressMeta Llama3 1 405b Instruct
Context window42,000 tokens (42K)128,000 tokens (128K)
Max output tokens8,000 tokens (8K)4,096 tokens (4K)
Speed tierBalancedDeep
VisionNoNo
Function callingNoYes
Extended thinkingNoNo
Prompt cachingNoNo
Batch APINoNo
Release dateN/AN/A

Pricing matrix

Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.

ProviderAmazon Titan Text Express inAmazon Titan Text Express outMeta Llama3 1 405b Instruct inMeta Llama3 1 405b Instruct out
Aws Bedrock$1.30/M$1.70/M$5.32/M$16.00/M

Frequently asked questions

Meta Llama3 1 405b Instruct has a larger context window: 128K tokens vs 42K. For long documents, large codebases, or extended agent sessions, the larger context window reduces the need to chunk inputs or summarize history.

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