Is Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo or OpenAI GPT-5 Mini cheaper?

Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo is cheaper on output tokens ($0.03 vs $2.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo or OpenAI GPT-5 Mini?

OpenAI GPT-5 Mini has the larger context window (400K tokens).

Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo vs OpenAI GPT-5 Mini

Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo is cheaper on output tokens, while OpenAI GPT-5 Mini offers a larger context window. Choose Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo or OpenAI 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 8B Instruct Turbo	OpenAI GPT-5 Mini
Provider	Helicone	Helicone
Input / 1M tokens	$0.02	$0.25
Output / 1M tokens	$0.03	$2.00
Context window	128K	400K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	No
Released	Jul 2024	Jan 2025

Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo details →OpenAI GPT-5 Mini details →

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