Is Qwen3.6 35B A3B or Llama 3.1 8B cheaper?

Llama 3.1 8B is cheaper on output tokens ($0.22 vs $1.25 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3.6 35B A3B or Llama 3.1 8B?

Qwen3.6 35B A3B has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Qwen3.6 35B A3B vs Llama 3.1 8B

Llama 3.1 8B is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen3.6 35B A3B offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3.6 35B A3B or Llama 3.1 8B based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3.6 35B A3B	Llama 3.1 8B
Provider	CoreWeave	CoreWeave
Input / 1M tokens	$0.25	$0.22
Output / 1M tokens	$1.25	$0.22
Context window	262K	131K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Apr 2026	Jul 2024

Qwen3.6 35B A3B details →Llama 3.1 8B details →

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