Is GLM-5.3-Flash or Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct cheaper?

Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.06 vs $0.50 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, GLM-5.3-Flash or Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct?

GLM-5.3-Flash has the larger context window (1M tokens).

GLM-5.3-Flash vs Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct

Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while GLM-5.3-Flash offers a larger context window. Choose GLM-5.3-Flash or Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	GLM-5.3-Flash	Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct
Provider	Hugging Face	Hugging Face
Input / 1M tokens	$0.15	$0.06
Output / 1M tokens	$0.50	$0.06
Context window	1M	131K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Aug 2026	Jul 2024

GLM-5.3-Flash details →Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct details →

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