Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) Free API on OpenRouter

Free API Verified

Available from OpenRouter

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.5 Benchmark-backed score

Popular open Llama workhorse for multilingual chat, coding, and self-hosting

Free APIOpenAI compatibleTool callingJSON modeText

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Context window 131K

Max output 8K

API format OpenAI-style

Status Online

AI Recommendation

Should you use Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free)?

Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) is listed for chat workloads and supports a 131K context window.

Use it when OpenRouter's free tier is enough for evaluation, demos, or light production traffic.

Best for

Chat

Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

Long context window
Tool calling support
Structured JSON output
Open weights available

Watch outs

Free-tier rate limits apply
Vision support is not listed

Benchmark Overview

Benchmark signals for Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free)

Measured data

Intelligence General reasoning and instruction following

9.4/100

Coding Programming and code generation

11.9/100

Agentic Tool use and multi-step tasks

0.3/100

Speed Observed generation speed

92 tok/s

Context Maximum listed context window

131K

Model Metadata

Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) model ID and technical details

Provider and model catalog

Model ID meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b-instruct:free

Family llama

Knowledge cutoff 2023-12-31

Released Dec 6, 2024

Last updated Jul 5, 2026

Free listing since Dec 6, 2024

Input text

Output text

Capabilities tool calling, structured output, file attachments, temperature control

Open weights Yes

Weights Hugging Face

External benchmark references

Benchmark	Score	Metric	Date
Artificial Analysis Coding Index	10.7	index	2026-03-11
SciCode	26	percent correct	2026-03-11
Terminal-Bench Hard	3	success rate	2026-03-11

Pricing

Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) pricing per 1M tokens

Free tier listed

Input $0.58 per 1M tokens

Output $0.71 per 1M tokens

Free access Available OpenRouter

Rate limit 200 req/day (free tier) provider policy

Availability

Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) availability by provider

5 alternatives

We found 6 provider listings for llama-3-3-70b-instruct. Check model ID, quota, pricing, and API format before switching providers.

Provider	Model listing	Access	Context	API	Limits
OpenRouter	Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free)	Free tier	131K	OpenAI-style	200 req/day (free tier)
Cloudflare Workers AI	@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast	Free tier	131K	Native	10K neurons/day (shared)
GitHub Models	Meta-Llama-3.3-70B	Free tier	131K	OpenAI-style	15 RPM, 150 RPD
Groq	llama-3.3-70b-versatile	Free tier	131K	OpenAI-style	30 RPM, 1,000 RPD
OVHcloud AI Endpoints	Meta-Llama-3_3-70B-Instruct	Free tier	131K	OpenAI-style	2 RPM (anonymous)
NVIDIA NIM	Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct	Free tier	128K	Native	Varies

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Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) alternatives to consider

Open comparison

Model	Provider	Context	Access
@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast	Cloudflare Workers AI	131K	Free tier
Meta-Llama-3.3-70B	GitHub Models	131K	Free tier
llama-3.3-70b-versatile	Groq	131K	Free tier
Meta-Llama-3_3-70B-Instruct	OVHcloud AI Endpoints	131K	Free tier
Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct	NVIDIA NIM	128K	Free tier

Typical Use Cases

Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) use cases

Chat

Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) is tagged for chat in this catalog and works with OpenAI-compatible client libraries.

FAQ

Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) free API FAQ

Is Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) free to use?

Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) is listed with free API access on OpenRouter, subject to the provider's quota and account policy.

What is the Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) model ID?

The model ID shown in this catalog is meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b-instruct:free.

What are the Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) free tier rate limits on OpenRouter?

The listed free tier limit is 200 req/day (free tier). Limits can change per account tier, so confirm against the provider dashboard.

What context window does Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) support?

The listed context window is 131K tokens with up to 8K output tokens.

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