Is Llama 3 8B Instruct or GLM 4.6 cheaper?

Llama 3 8B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.04 vs $2.20 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Llama 3 8B Instruct or GLM 4.6?

GLM 4.6 has the larger context window (205K tokens).

Llama 3 8B Instruct vs GLM 4.6

Llama 3 8B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while GLM 4.6 offers a larger context window. Choose Llama 3 8B Instruct or GLM 4.6 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Llama 3 8B Instruct	GLM 4.6
Provider	NovitaAI	NovitaAI
Input / 1M tokens	$0.04	$0.55
Output / 1M tokens	$0.04	$2.20
Context window	8K	205K
Parameters	—	357B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Apr 2024	Sep 2025

Llama 3 8B Instruct details →GLM 4.6 details →

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