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GPT-4 Turbo (older v1106) vs Meta Llama3 2 90b 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.

Openai

Model

GPT-4 Turbo (older v1106)

Tool calling

Context window

128K

128,000 tokens · ~96K words

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Meta

Model

Meta Llama3 2 90b Instruct

Image inputTool 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.

GPT-4 Turbo (older v1106)128K
Meta Llama3 2 90b Instruct128K

Same context window size for both models.

Token calculator →Memory savings →

GPT-4 Turbo (older v1106) and Meta Llama3 2 90b Instruct have identical context windows (128K tokens). Meta Llama3 2 90b Instruct is 80% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Meta Llama3 2 90b Instruct. Input tokens are 80% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

Full specs

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

SpecGPT-4 Turbo (older v1106)Meta Llama3 2 90b Instruct
Context window128,000 tokens (128K)128,000 tokens (128K)
Max output tokens4,096 tokens (4K)4,096 tokens (4K)
Speed tierBalancedBalanced
VisionNoYes
Function callingYesYes
Extended thinkingNoNo
Prompt cachingNoNo
Batch APINoNo
Release dateNov 2023N/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.

ProviderGPT-4 Turbo (older v1106) inGPT-4 Turbo (older v1106) outMeta Llama3 2 90b Instruct inMeta Llama3 2 90b Instruct out
Aws Bedrock——$2.00/M$2.00/M
Azure$10.00/M$30.00/M——
Openai$10.00/M$30.00/M——

Frequently asked questions

Meta Llama3 2 90b Instruct has a larger context window: 128K 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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