Jamba Large 1.7 is the latest model in the Jamba open family, offering improvements in grounding, instruction-following, and overall efficiency. Built on a hybrid SSM-Transformer architecture with a 256K context window, it delivers more acc…
Model details →AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 vs DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B
DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B is a distilled large language model based on [Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct](/meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b-instruct), using outputs from [DeepSeek R1](/deepseek/deepseek-r1). The model combines advanced distillation techn…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 | DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 256K | 131K | 🏆 AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $2.00 | $0.70 | 🏆 DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $8.00 | $0.80 | 🏆 DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | — | 🏆 AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | — | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | Yes | 🏆 DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B |
Frequently asked questions
Is AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 better than DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B?
DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B?
Input: $2.00 vs $0.70 per 1M tokens. Output: $8.00 vs $0.80 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B support?
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 supports up to 256K tokens. DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B supports up to 131K tokens.
Do both AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B support tool calling?
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7: yes. DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B: not advertised.