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Grok 2 vs Meta Llama3 1 405b 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.

Xai

Model

Grok 2

Tool calling

Context window

131K

131,072 tokens · ~98K words

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Meta

Model

Meta Llama3 1 405b Instruct

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.

Grok 2131K
Meta Llama3 1 405b Instruct128K

Grok 2 has about 1× the context window of the other in this pair.

Token calculator →Memory savings →

Grok 2 has 2% more context capacity (131K vs 128K tokens). Grok 2 is 62% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Grok 2. Its 131K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 128K).

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Grok 2. Input tokens are 62% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

  • Long output (reports, code files)

    Use Grok 2. Its 131K 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.

SpecGrok 2Meta Llama3 1 405b Instruct
Context window131,072 tokens (131K)128,000 tokens (128K)
Max output tokens131,072 tokens (131K)4,096 tokens (4K)
Speed tierBalancedDeep
VisionNoNo
Function callingYesYes
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.

ProviderGrok 2 inGrok 2 outMeta Llama3 1 405b Instruct inMeta Llama3 1 405b Instruct out
Aws Bedrock——$5.32/M$16.00/M
Xai$2.00/M$10.00/M——

Frequently asked questions

Grok 2 has a larger context window: 131K 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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