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Deepseek vs Meta Llama3 2 11b 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.
Model
Meta Llama3 2 11b Instruct
Context window
128K
128,000 tokens · ~96K words
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.
Same context window size for both models.
Deepseek and Meta Llama3 2 11b Instruct have identical context windows (128K tokens). Deepseek is 19% cheaper on input.
Quick verdicts
Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.
RAG / high-volume retrieval
Use Deepseek. Input tokens are 19% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.
Long output (reports, code files)
Use Deepseek. 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.
| Spec | Deepseek | Meta Llama3 2 11b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 128,000 tokens (128K) | 128,000 tokens (128K) |
| Max output tokens | 8,192 tokens (8K) | 4,096 tokens (4K) |
| Speed tier | Balanced | Fast |
| Vision | No | Yes |
| Function calling | No | Yes |
| Extended thinking | Yes | No |
| Prompt caching | Yes | No |
| Batch API | No | No |
| Release date | N/A | N/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.
| Provider | Deepseek in | Deepseek out | Meta Llama3 2 11b Instruct in | Meta Llama3 2 11b Instruct out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aws Bedrock | $0.580/M | $1.68/M | $0.350/M | $0.350/M |
| Azure | $1.14/M | $4.56/M | — | — |
| Deepinfra | $0.380/M | $0.890/M | — | — |
| Deepseek | $0.280/M | $0.420/M | — | — |
| Fireworks | $0.900/M | $0.900/M | — | — |
| Hyperbolic | $0.200/M | $0.200/M | — | — |
| Nebius | $0.500/M | $1.50/M | — | — |
| Novita | $0.400/M | $1.30/M | — | — |
| Openrouter | $0.140/M | $0.280/M | — | — |
| Replicate | $1.45/M | $1.45/M | — | — |
| Together Ai | $1.25/M | $1.25/M | — | — |
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