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Codellama 34b Instruct vs o3

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.

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Model

Codellama 34b Instruct

Context window

4K

4,096 tokens · ~3K words

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Openai

Model

o3

Image inputTool calling

Context window

200K

200,000 tokens · ~150K 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.

Codellama 34b Instruct4K
o3200K

o3 has about 48.8× the context window of the other in this pair.

o3 has 4782% more context capacity (200K vs 4K tokens). Codellama 34b Instruct is 50% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use o3. Its 200K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 4K).

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Codellama 34b Instruct. Input tokens are 50% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

  • Long output (reports, code files)

    Use o3. Its 100K 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.

SpecCodellama 34b Instructo3
Context window4,096 tokens (4K)200,000 tokens (200K)
Max output tokens4,096 tokens (4K)100,000 tokens (100K)
Speed tierBalancedDeep
VisionNoYes
Function callingNoYes
Extended thinkingNoYes
Prompt cachingNoYes
Batch APINoYes
Release dateN/AApr 2025

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.

ProviderCodellama 34b Instruct inCodellama 34b Instruct outo3 ino3 out
Anyscale$1.00/M$1.00/M
Azure$2.00/M$8.00/M
Openai$2.00/M$8.00/M

Frequently asked questions

o3 has a larger context window: 200K tokens vs 4K. 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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