Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning or Llama 3.1 8B cheaper?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is cheaper on output tokens ($0.20 vs $0.22 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning or Llama 3.1 8B?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Llama 3.1 8B

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is cheaper on output tokens, while Nemotron 3.5 Lightning offers a larger context window. Choose Nemotron 3.5 Lightning or Llama 3.1 8B based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Nemotron 3.5 Lightning	Llama 3.1 8B
Provider	CoreWeave	CoreWeave
Input / 1M tokens	$0.07	$0.22
Output / 1M tokens	$0.20	$0.22
Context window	262K	131K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Aug 2026	Jul 2024

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning details →Llama 3.1 8B details →

FAQ

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