Is Meta-Llama-3.1-405B-Instruct or GPT-5 Mini cheaper?

GPT-5 Mini is cheaper on output tokens ($2.00 vs $16.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Meta-Llama-3.1-405B-Instruct or GPT-5 Mini?

GPT-5 Mini has the larger context window (272K tokens).

Meta-Llama-3.1-405B-Instruct vs GPT-5 Mini

GPT-5 Mini is cheaper on output tokens, while GPT-5 Mini offers a larger context window. Choose Meta-Llama-3.1-405B-Instruct or GPT-5 Mini based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Meta-Llama-3.1-405B-Instruct	GPT-5 Mini
Provider	Azure Cognitive Services	Azure Cognitive Services
Input / 1M tokens	$5.33	$0.25
Output / 1M tokens	$16.00	$2.00
Context window	128K	272K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Jul 2024	Aug 2025

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