aion-1.0-mini vs Valley3-8B-Instruct
Input price
$0.70
$0.00
Output price
$1.40
$0.00
Context window
131K
33K
Throughput
142 tok/s
133 tok/s
Availability
99.4%
97.4%
Cost / task
$0.002
$0.000
Efficiency score
89
89
Estimated monthly cost by workload
Metric
AION-1.0-MINI
VALLEY3-8B-INS
Chat assistant
$378.00
$0.00
RAG / long context
$966.00
$0.00
Agent / tool use
$1,008
$0.00
Efficiency score: Valley3-8B-Instruct
Across price, speed and reliability, Valley3-8B-Instruct offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.
Figures are illustrative demo data, not financial advice.
Frequently asked questions
Is aion-1.0-mini or Valley3-8B-Instruct cheaper?+
Valley3-8B-Instruct has the lower input price — $0.00 vs $0.70 per 1M tokens — so for most blended workloads it is the more cost-effective of the two. Figures are illustrative demo data.
Which should I choose, aion-1.0-mini or Valley3-8B-Instruct?+
Across price, speed and reliability, Valley3-8B-Instruct offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.