Is Qwen3.8 27B or Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct cheaper?

Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.06 vs $3.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3.8 27B or Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct?

Qwen3.8 27B has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Qwen3.8 27B vs Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct

Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen3.8 27B offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3.8 27B or Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3.8 27B	Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct
Provider	Hugging Face	Hugging Face
Input / 1M tokens	$0.40	$0.06
Output / 1M tokens	$3.00	$0.06
Context window	262K	131K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Aug 2026	Jul 2024

Qwen3.8 27B details →Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct details →

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Pricing is indicative — confirm with the provider before production use. Highlighted values indicate the better figure for that row.