Is DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 or Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct cheaper?

Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.06 vs $0.28 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 or Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct?

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 has the larger context window (1M tokens).

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 vs Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct

Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 offers a larger context window. Choose DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 or Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731	Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct
Provider	Hugging Face	Hugging Face
Input / 1M tokens	$0.14	$0.06
Output / 1M tokens	$0.28	$0.06
Context window	1M	131K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Jul 2026	Jul 2024

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