Is Google Gemma 3 or Llama 3.1 8B Instruct cheaper?

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.03 vs $0.30 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Google Gemma 3 or Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

Google Gemma 3 has the larger context window (125K tokens).

Google Gemma 3 vs Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while Google Gemma 3 offers a larger context window. Choose Google Gemma 3 or Llama 3.1 8B Instruct based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Google Gemma 3	Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Provider	Inference	Inference
Input / 1M tokens	$0.15	$0.03
Output / 1M tokens	$0.30	$0.03
Context window	125K	16K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Jan 2025	Jan 2025

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