Alternatives
Best cheaper alternatives to Llama 3.1 8B
Looking for a cheaper or smarter replacement for Llama 3.1 8B by Meta? We compared every LLM model with verifiable pricing on real input/output cost, context window, intelligence and modalities. 2 options are meaningfully cheaper.
Category: LLM Intelligence 34 128K context
Palmyra Vision93% CHEAPER
Writer
Same category
$0.005 in · $0 out / 1M Tokens 76%
o3
OpenAI
Smarter (78 vs 34)Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25 out / 1M Tokens 78 200K ctx 82%
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Google
Smarter (76 vs 34)Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$1.25 in · $10 out / 1M Tokens 76 1.0M ctx 80%
o4 Mini
OpenAI
Smarter (70 vs 34)Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25512 out / 1M Tokens 70 200K ctx 82%
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Google
Smarter (68 vs 34)Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.3 in · $2.5 out / 1M Tokens 68 1.0M ctx 80%
o1
OpenAI
Smarter (71 vs 34)Larger contextSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25 out / 1M Tokens 71 200K ctx 82%
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Anthropic
Smarter (62 vs 34)Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$3 in · $15 out / 1M Tokens 62 200K ctx 98%
o3-mini
OpenAI
Smarter (66 vs 34)Larger contextSame category
$1.1 in · $4.4 out / 1M Tokens 66 200K ctx 98%
Gemini 1.5 Pro
Google
Smarter (58 vs 34)Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$3.5 in · $10.5 out / 1M Tokens 58 2.1M ctx 98%
Claude 3 Opus
Anthropic
Smarter (58 vs 34)Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$15 in · $75 out / 1M Tokens 58 200K ctx 98%
Qwen Image Plus45% CHEAPER
Alibaba Cloud
Same category
$0.03 in · $0.03 out / image 78%
Gemini 2.0 Flash
Google
Smarter (56 vs 34)Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.1 in · $0.4 out / 1M Tokens 56 1.0M ctx 80%
GPT 4.1 Mini
OpenAI
Smarter (53 vs 34)Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25512 out / 1M Tokens 53 1.0M ctx 82%
DeepSeek R1
DeepSeek
Smarter (73 vs 34)Same category
$0.55 in · $2.19 out / 1M Tokens 73 64K ctx 98%
DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner)
DeepSeek
Smarter (73 vs 34)Same category
$0.14 in · $0.55 out / 1M Tokens 73 64K ctx 80%
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Anthropic
Smarter (49 vs 34)Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.8 in · $4 out / 1M Tokens 49 200K ctx 98%
Gemini 1.5 Flash
Google
Smarter (48 vs 34)Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.075 in · $0.3 out / 1M Tokens 48 1.0M ctx 98%
Llama 3.2 11B Vision
Meta
Better valueSmarter (38 vs 34)More modalitiesSame category
$0.055 in · $0.055 out / 1M Tokens 38 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.