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Head-to-Head Pricing Benchmark

Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct vs Google: Gemma 3n 4B

Side-by-side pricing and context window comparison for production model selection.

Input delta: $0.00Output delta: $0.01Monthly delta: $0.60

Default Recommendation (120M input + 60M output)

Google: Gemma 3n 4B is lower-cost for the default monthly workload scenario.

Adjust the workload in the calculator below to see a live recommendation for your usage.

MetricMeta: Llama 3.1 8B InstructGoogle: Gemma 3n 4B
Developermeta-llamagoogle
Context Window16,38432,768
Input Cost / 1M Tokens$0.0200$0.0200
Output Cost / 1M Tokens$0.0500$0.0400
Projected Monthly Cost$5.40$4.80
Vision❌ No❌ No
Tool Calling✅ Yes❌ No
Structured Output✅ Yes❌ No
Reasoning❌ No❌ No
MMLU Score47.648.8
GPQA25.929.6

Price History

Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Pricing Trend

Input / 1M tokens0.0%Output / 1M tokens0.0%
Mar 7 — Mar 11
$0.0200$0.0350$0.0500Mar 7Mar 8Mar 9Mar 10Mar 11

Current Input / 1M

$0.0200

Current Output / 1M

$0.0500

Price History

Google: Gemma 3n 4B Pricing Trend

Input / 1M tokens0.0%Output / 1M tokens0.0%
Mar 7 — Mar 11
$0.0200$0.0300$0.0400Mar 7Mar 8Mar 9Mar 10Mar 11

Current Input / 1M

$0.0200

Current Output / 1M

$0.0400

Cost Calculator

Adjust your workload to see projected monthly costs.

01.0B
0500M

Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

$5.40

per month

Google: Gemma 3n 4B

$4.80

per month

Lower cost

Live Recommendation

Google: Gemma 3n 4B is lower-cost at 120M input + 60M output tokens/month.

Google: Gemma 3n 4B saves $0.60/mo at this workload
Open Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct model pageOpen Google: Gemma 3n 4B model page

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FAQ

Common questions for Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct vs Google: Gemma 3n 4B pricing decisions.

Which is cheaper for input tokens: Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct or Google: Gemma 3n 4B?

Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is cheaper or equal on input token cost by $0.00 per 1M tokens.

Which is cheaper for output tokens: Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct or Google: Gemma 3n 4B?

Google: Gemma 3n 4B is cheaper on output token cost by $0.01 per 1M tokens.

What is the projected monthly cost difference between Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct and Google: Gemma 3n 4B?

$0.60 difference for the default scenario (120M input + 60M output tokens/month).

How should I choose between Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct and Google: Gemma 3n 4B?

Use this page to compare context window and token pricing, then open each model page to evaluate additional alternatives and monthly workload fit.