Is Llama 3.1 Instruct (8B) or Claude Haiku 4.5 cheaper?

Llama 3.1 Instruct (8B) is cheaper on output tokens ($0.20 vs $5.00 per 1M).

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

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

Llama 3.1 Instruct (8B) vs Claude Haiku 4.5

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

Spec	Llama 3.1 Instruct (8B)	Claude Haiku 4.5
Provider	DigitalOcean	DigitalOcean
Input / 1M tokens	$0.20	$1.00
Output / 1M tokens	$0.20	$5.00
Context window	131K	200K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Jul 2024	Oct 2025

Llama 3.1 Instruct (8B) details →Claude Haiku 4.5 details →

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