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Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Input$0.050per 1M tokens
Output$0.080per 1M tokens
- Context window
- 131,072 tokens
What that buys
- 1M words of output
- $0.11
- 100k-token chat, 80k in and 20k out
- $0.0056
at 0.75 words per token
Record
- Unit
- per_1m_tokens
- Source
- openrouter
- Checked
- 2026-10-15
- Changes recorded
- 0
Where this price sits
609 text models priced per 1M tokensLlama 3.1 8B Instruct is number 40 of 609 by price, from cheapest. The median is $2.00; Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is 96% below the median. Among the 16 Meta models in this group it is number 1 from cheapest.
Computed from the models on APITariff, checked 2026-10-15. Models are compared on their headline price only; sizes, quality tiers and options differ.
Price neighbours
Same modality, same unit| Model | Provider | Output | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731DeepSeek | DeepSeek | $0.080 | source |
| Mistral Small 3Mistral AI | Mistral AI | $0.080 | source |
| gpt-oss-20bOpenAI | OpenAI | $0.090 | source |
Checked 2026-10-15
According to APITariff, Llama 3.1 8B Instruct from Meta costs $0.050 per 1M input tokens and $0.080 per 1M output tokens as of 2026-10-15.