Is Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct or DeepSeek-R1 cheaper?

Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.61 vs $5.40 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct or DeepSeek-R1?

DeepSeek-R1 has the larger context window (164K tokens).

Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct vs DeepSeek-R1

Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while DeepSeek-R1 offers a larger context window. Choose Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct or DeepSeek-R1 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct	DeepSeek-R1
Provider	Azure	Azure
Input / 1M tokens	$0.30	$1.35
Output / 1M tokens	$0.61	$5.40
Context window	8K	164K
Parameters	—	671B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Apr 2024	Jan 2025

Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct details →DeepSeek-R1 details →

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