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Codellama 70b Instruct vs Writer Palmyra X4

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 70b Instruct

Context window

4K

4,096 tokens · ~3K words

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Model

Writer Palmyra X4

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.

Codellama 70b Instruct4K
Writer Palmyra X4128K

Writer Palmyra X4 has about 31.3× the context window of the other in this pair.

Token calculator →Memory savings →

Writer Palmyra X4 has 3025% more context capacity (128K vs 4K tokens). Codellama 70b Instruct is 60% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Writer Palmyra X4. Its 128K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 4K).

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Codellama 70b Instruct. Input tokens are 60% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

  • Long output (reports, code files)

    Use Writer Palmyra X4. 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.

SpecCodellama 70b InstructWriter Palmyra X4
Context window4,096 tokens (4K)128,000 tokens (128K)
Max output tokens4,096 tokens (4K)8,192 tokens (8K)
Speed tierDeepBalanced
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.

ProviderCodellama 70b Instruct inCodellama 70b Instruct outWriter Palmyra X4 inWriter Palmyra X4 out
Anyscale$1.00/M$1.00/M——
Aws Bedrock——$2.50/M$10.00/M

Frequently asked questions

Writer Palmyra X4 has a larger context window: 128K 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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