Is Llama 3.1 8B Instruct or Claude Opus 4.5 cheaper?

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.05 vs $25.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Llama 3.1 8B Instruct or Claude Opus 4.5?

Claude Opus 4.5 has the larger context window (200K tokens).

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct vs Claude Opus 4.5

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while Claude Opus 4.5 offers a larger context window. Choose Llama 3.1 8B Instruct or Claude Opus 4.5 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Llama 3.1 8B Instruct	Claude Opus 4.5
Provider	Abacus	Abacus
Input / 1M tokens	$0.02	$5.00
Output / 1M tokens	$0.05	$25.00
Context window	128K	200K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Jul 2024	Nov 2025

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct details →Claude Opus 4.5 details →

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