Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite cheaper?

Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite is cheaper on output tokens ($0.14 vs $1.20 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has the larger context window (1M tokens).

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite

Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite is cheaper on output tokens, while DeepSeek V4.1 Flash offers a larger context window. Choose DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite
Provider	Together AI	Together AI
Input / 1M tokens	$0.30	$0.14
Output / 1M tokens	$1.20	$0.14
Context window	1M	8K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Sep 2026	Apr 2024

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash details →Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite details →

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