Head-to-Head Pricing Benchmark
Side-by-side pricing and context window comparison for production model selection.
Default Recommendation (120M input + 60M output)
Llama Guard 3 8B is lower-cost for the default monthly workload scenario.
Adjust the workload in the calculator below to see a live recommendation for your usage.
| Metric | Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct | Llama Guard 3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | meta-llama | meta-llama |
| Context Window | 131,072 | 131,072 |
| Max Output Tokens | — | — |
| Input Cost / 1M Tokens | $0.4000 | $0.4800 |
| Output Cost / 1M Tokens | $0.4000 | $0.0300 |
| Projected Monthly Cost | $72 | $59 |
| Vision | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Tool Calling | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Structured Output | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Reasoning | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Web Search | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Tokenizer | Llama3 | Llama3 |
| MMLU Score | N/A | N/A |
Price History
Current Input / 1M
$0.4000
Current Output / 1M
$0.4000
Price History
Current Input / 1M
$0.4800
Current Output / 1M
$0.0300
Performance History
Current TPS
0.00
Current Latency
0ms
Uptime
99.9%
Performance History
Current TPS
0.00
Current Latency
0ms
Uptime
100.0%
Adjust your workload to see projected monthly costs.
Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
$72
per month
Llama Guard 3 8B
$59
per month
Lower costLive Recommendation
Llama Guard 3 8B is lower-cost at 120M input + 60M output tokens/month.
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