Is Llama 3.1 8B Instruct or GPT-5.2-Codex cheaper?

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.22 vs $14.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Llama 3.1 8B Instruct or GPT-5.2-Codex?

GPT-5.2-Codex has the larger context window (400K tokens).

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct vs GPT-5.2-Codex

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while GPT-5.2-Codex offers a larger context window. Choose Llama 3.1 8B Instruct or GPT-5.2-Codex based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Llama 3.1 8B Instruct	GPT-5.2-Codex
Provider	Vercel AI Gateway	Vercel AI Gateway
Input / 1M tokens	$0.22	$1.75
Output / 1M tokens	$0.22	$14.00
Context window	128K	400K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	No
Released	Jul 2024	Dec 2025

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