Head-to-Head API Cost Benchmark

DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI) vs Llama 3.3 70B Versatile (Groq): API Price & Latency Comparison

On a standard B2B production workload (5,000 req/day), Llama 3.3 70B Versatile (Groq) is 84.0% cheaper ($212.40/mo vs $1323.75/mo), while Llama 3.3 70B Versatile (Groq) leads in token generation speed (310 tok/s).

Side-by-Side Specification & Billing Matrix

Metric DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI) (Fireworks AI) Llama 3.3 70B Versatile (Groq) (GroqCloud) Advantage
Standard Input / 1M Tokens $3.000 $0.590 Llama 3.3 70B Versatile (Groq)
Cached Input / 1M Tokens $1.500 $0.290 Llama 3.3 70B Versatile (Groq)
Output Generation / 1M Tokens $8.00 $0.79 Llama 3.3 70B Versatile (Groq)
Intelligence / Benchmark Quality 1315 LMSYS Elo 1250 LMSYS Elo DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI)
Monthly Spend (5k req/day, 50% cache) $1323.75 / mo $212.40 / mo Llama 3.3 70B Versatile (Groq) (-84.0%)
Context Window 160,000 tokens 128,000 tokens DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI)
Output Speed (Throughput) 150 tokens/sec 310 tokens/sec Llama 3.3 70B Versatile (Groq)
Batch API Discount -50% (Fireworks AI) -25% (GroqCloud) Fireworks AI
Primary Workload Fit US/EU compliance enterprises needing DeepSeek R1 reasoning at 3x speed Voice agents, instant autocomplete, sub-200ms interactive UX Workload Dependent
Deploy / Console Access Try DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI) → Try Llama 3.3 70B Versatile (Groq) → Open Full Simulator