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Llama 3 8B Instruct Pricing

Meta · meta-llama-llama-3-8b-instruct

Input / 1M tokens

$0.140

Output / 1M tokens

$0.140

Context window

8,192 tokens

Max output

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What it costs in practice

Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out tokens)$0.0002

1,000 requests / month$0.224/mo 10,000 requests / month$2.24/mo 100,000 requests / month$22.40/mo

Estimate your own workloadOpens the calculator with Llama 3 8B Instruct preloaded — adjust volume and token counts there.

Price history

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Pricing and specs for this model are auto-synced from OpenRouter, but it isn't one of our editorial picks yet — no “what it excels at” write-up or business tradeoff notes. Any tier badge above is estimated from price.

Cheaper from Meta

Llama 3.2 3B InstructMeta$0.0002/ typical request

Same tier from other providers

GPT-5.4 NanoOpenAI$0.0007/ typical request Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic$0.0032/ typical request Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle$0.0054/ typical request

Head-to-head

Llama 3 8B Instruct vs GPT-5.4 Nano →Llama 3 8B Instruct vs Claude Haiku 4.5 →Llama 3 8B Instruct vs Gemini 3.5 Flash →

Vendor list rates, as of Jun 15, 2026 · source: openrouter · per-request examples assume 1,200 input + 400 output tokens.