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Best cheaper alternatives to Llama 3.1 405B
Looking for a cheaper or smarter replacement for Llama 3.1 405B by Meta? We compared every LLM model with verifiable pricing on real input/output cost, context window, intelligence and modalities. 18 options are meaningfully cheaper.
Category: LLM Intelligence 61 128K context
o388% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueSmarter (78 vs 61)Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25 out / 1M Tokens 78 200K ctx 82%
o4 Mini88% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueSmarter (70 vs 61)Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25512 out / 1M Tokens 70 200K ctx 82%
Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B98% CHEAPER
Google
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.0375 in · $0.15 out / 1M Tokens 36 1.0M ctx 98%
Gemini 1.5 Flash95% CHEAPER
Google
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.075 in · $0.3 out / 1M Tokens 48 1.0M ctx 98%
o188% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueSmarter (71 vs 61)Larger contextSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25 out / 1M Tokens 71 200K ctx 82%
Gemini 2.0 Flash94% CHEAPER
Google
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.1 in · $0.4 out / 1M Tokens 56 1.0M ctx 80%
GPT 4.1 Mini88% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25512 out / 1M Tokens 53 1.0M ctx 82%
GPT 4.1 Nano88% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25512 out / 1M Tokens 41 1.0M ctx 82%
Claude 3 Haiku81% CHEAPER
Anthropic
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.25 in · $1.25 out / 1M Tokens 33 200K ctx 98%
DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner)91% CHEAPER
DeepSeek
Better valueSmarter (73 vs 61)Same category
$0.14 in · $0.55 out / 1M Tokens 73 64K ctx 80%
Ministral 3 8B94% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Better valueMore modalitiesSame category
$0.15 in · $0.15 out / 1M Tokens 37 128K ctx 98%
Gemini 2.5 Flash69% CHEAPER
Google
Better valueSmarter (68 vs 61)Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.3 in · $2.5 out / 1M Tokens 68 1.0M ctx 80%
Llama 3.2 11B Vision98% CHEAPER
Meta
Better valueMore modalitiesSame category
$0.055 in · $0.055 out / 1M Tokens 38 128K ctx 85%
Llama 3.2 90B Vision91% CHEAPER
Meta
Better valueMore modalitiesSame category
$0.23 in · $0.23 out / 1M Tokens 54 128K ctx 85%
GPT-4o88% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueMore modalitiesSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25 out / 1M Tokens 60 128K ctx 82%
GPT-4o Mini88% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueMore modalitiesSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25 out / 1M Tokens 42 128K ctx 82%
Mistral Small94% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Better valueSame category
$0.1 in · $0.3 out / 1M Tokens 44 128K ctx 95%
Llama 3.1 8B98% CHEAPER
Meta
Better valueSame category
$0.055 in · $0.055 out / 1M Tokens 34 128K ctx 85%
Costs are normalised to a blended 1M-token workload (or per-unit price for non-token models) using each model's latest verified pricing. Models with pricing under review are excluded from recommendations.