Is Llama 3.1 8B Instruct (US) or Gemma 3 12B IT cheaper?

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct (US) is cheaper on output tokens ($0.22 vs $0.29 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Llama 3.1 8B Instruct (US) or Gemma 3 12B IT?

Gemma 3 12B IT has the larger context window (131K tokens).

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct (US) vs Gemma 3 12B IT

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct (US) is cheaper on output tokens, while Gemma 3 12B IT offers a larger context window. Choose Llama 3.1 8B Instruct (US) or Gemma 3 12B IT based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Llama 3.1 8B Instruct (US)	Gemma 3 12B IT
Provider	Amazon Bedrock	Amazon Bedrock
Input / 1M tokens	$0.22	$0.09
Output / 1M tokens	$0.22	$0.29
Context window	128K	131K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Jul 2024	Mar 2025

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct (US) details →Gemma 3 12B IT details →

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