Is Llama 3.1 Instruct (8B) or Claude 3.5 Sonnet cheaper?

Llama 3.1 Instruct (8B) is cheaper on output tokens ($0.20 vs $15.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Llama 3.1 Instruct (8B) or Claude 3.5 Sonnet?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet has the larger context window (200K tokens).

Llama 3.1 Instruct (8B) vs Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Llama 3.1 Instruct (8B) is cheaper on output tokens, while Claude 3.5 Sonnet offers a larger context window. Choose Llama 3.1 Instruct (8B) or Claude 3.5 Sonnet based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Llama 3.1 Instruct (8B)	Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Provider	DigitalOcean	DigitalOcean
Input / 1M tokens	$0.20	$3.00
Output / 1M tokens	$0.20	$15.00
Context window	131K	200K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Jul 2024	Jun 2024

Llama 3.1 Instruct (8B) details →Claude 3.5 Sonnet details →

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