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Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Meta Llama3 1 70b 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.

Google

Model

Gemini 3 Flash Preview

Image inputTool calling

Context window

1.0M

1,048,576 tokens · ~786K words

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Meta

Model

Meta Llama3 1 70b Instruct

Tool calling

Context window

128K

128,000 tokens · ~96K words

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

Gemini 3 Flash Preview1.0M
Meta Llama3 1 70b Instruct128K

Gemini 3 Flash Preview has about 8.2× the context window of the other in this pair.

Token calculator →Memory savings →

Gemini 3 Flash Preview has 719% more context capacity (1048K vs 128K tokens). Gemini 3 Flash Preview is 49% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Gemini 3 Flash Preview. Its 1048K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 128K).

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Gemini 3 Flash Preview. Input tokens are 49% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

  • Long output (reports, code files)

    Use Gemini 3 Flash Preview. Its 65K 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.

SpecGemini 3 Flash PreviewMeta Llama3 1 70b Instruct
Context window1,048,576 tokens (1048K)128,000 tokens (128K)
Max output tokens65,535 tokens (65K)2,048 tokens (2K)
Speed tierFastDeep
VisionYesNo
Function callingYesYes
Extended thinkingYesNo
Prompt cachingYesNo
Batch APINoNo
Release dateDec 2025N/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.

ProviderGemini 3 Flash Preview inGemini 3 Flash Preview outMeta Llama3 1 70b Instruct inMeta Llama3 1 70b Instruct out
Aws Bedrock——$0.990/M$0.990/M
Gmi$0.500/M$3.00/M——
Google$0.500/M$3.00/M——
Google Vertex$0.500/M$3.00/M——
Openrouter$0.500/M$3.00/M——

Frequently asked questions

Gemini 3 Flash Preview has a larger context window: 1048K tokens vs 128K. 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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