Is Apertus 70B or Llama 3.1 8B Instruct cheaper?

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.25 vs $2.42 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Apertus 70B or Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct has the larger context window (120K tokens).

Apertus 70B vs Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while Llama 3.1 8B Instruct offers a larger context window. Choose Apertus 70B or Llama 3.1 8B Instruct based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Apertus 70B	Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Provider	Regolo AI	Regolo AI
Input / 1M tokens	$0.46	$0.05
Output / 1M tokens	$2.42	$0.25
Context window	30K	120K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Sep 2025	Apr 2025

Apertus 70B details →Llama 3.1 8B Instruct details →

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