LIVE
BODYBUILDER$-1000000.00 5.4%
GLM-4-LONG$0.00 14.1%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.30 20.0%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.40 6.6%
-CF$0.00 9.7%
DEEPSEEK-V4-FL$0.28 26.3%
LLAMA-4-MAVERI$0.60 11.9%
GROK-4-FAST$0.50 6.0%
QWEN-PLUS$0.78 0.6%
MINIMAX-M2.1$0.95 2.6%
MINIMAX-M2$1.00 2.9%
MINIMAX-01$1.10 8.0%
GPT-4.1-MINI$1.60 13.7%
GROK-4-1-FAST-$0.50 8.9%
GPT-4.1-MINI-2$1.60 31.8%
XAI$0.00 4.5%
MINIMAX-M2.7$0.00 9.9%
QWEN3.5-FLASH-$0.26 31.0%
GPT-4.1-NANO$0.40 13.0%
GEMINI-2.5-FLA$0.40 0.8%
DEEPSEEK-AI$0.00 27.0%
GROK-4.1-FAST$0.50 16.4%
MINIMAX-M3$1.20 6.1%
GOOGLE$1.50 3.4%
AUTO$0.00 9.7%
GOOGLE$0.00 27.8%
MINIMAX-M2.7$1.20 7.2%
GOOGLE$0.00 0.6%
BODYBUILDER$-1000000.00 5.4%
GLM-4-LONG$0.00 14.1%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.30 20.0%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.40 6.6%
-CF$0.00 9.7%
DEEPSEEK-V4-FL$0.28 26.3%
LLAMA-4-MAVERI$0.60 11.9%
GROK-4-FAST$0.50 6.0%
QWEN-PLUS$0.78 0.6%
MINIMAX-M2.1$0.95 2.6%
MINIMAX-M2$1.00 2.9%
MINIMAX-01$1.10 8.0%
GPT-4.1-MINI$1.60 13.7%
GROK-4-1-FAST-$0.50 8.9%
GPT-4.1-MINI-2$1.60 31.8%
XAI$0.00 4.5%
MINIMAX-M2.7$0.00 9.9%
QWEN3.5-FLASH-$0.26 31.0%
GPT-4.1-NANO$0.40 13.0%
GEMINI-2.5-FLA$0.40 0.8%
DEEPSEEK-AI$0.00 27.0%
GROK-4.1-FAST$0.50 16.4%
MINIMAX-M3$1.20 6.1%
GOOGLE$1.50 3.4%
AUTO$0.00 9.7%
GOOGLE$0.00 27.8%
MINIMAX-M2.7$1.20 7.2%
GOOGLE$0.00 0.6%
USTextLLAMA-3.1-8B-I Live · updated daily

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

Meta
Efficiency score
88/100
8.3%
Input price
$0.02/ 1M tokens
Output price
$0.05/ 1M tokens
Context window
16K
Throughput
158tok/s
Availability
100.0%
Cost / task
$0.000

Capabilities

Accepts (input)
Text
Produces (output)
Text

7-day heat trend

8.3%

Pricing breakdown

Input price
$0.02/ 1M tokens
$0.0000 / 1K
Output price
$0.05/ 1M tokens
$0.0001 / 1K
Blended price
$0.04/ 1M tokens
$0.0000 / 1K

Typical 3:1 output-to-input mix, per 1M tokens

Estimated monthly cost by workload

Chat assistant
$12.00/ mo
1K in · 400 out · 10K req/day
RAG / long context
$28.50/ mo
8K in · 600 out · 5K req/day
Agent / tool use
$32.40/ mo
3K in · 1.5K out · 8K req/day
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Market position

  • Cheaper than 42% of tracked models
  • Faster than 70% of tracked models
  • Efficiency rank: #649 of 1105

Best suited for

General-purpose text generation, chat, summarization and content workloads where broad capability and low cost matter most.

About llama-3.1-8b-instruct

Meta's latest class of model (Llama 3.1) launched with a variety of sizes & flavors. This 8B instruct-tuned version is fast and efficient. It has demonstrated strong performance compared to...

llama-3.1-8b-instruct is a Text model from Meta (US). HotON.ai tracks it at $0.02 per 1M input tokens and $0.05 per 1M output tokens, with a 16K-token context window, ~158 tokens/sec throughput and 100.0% availability. Its composite efficiency score is 88/100 at an estimated $0.000 per successful task.

Frequently asked questions

How much does llama-3.1-8b-instruct cost per 1M tokens?+

llama-3.1-8b-instruct is tracked at $0.02 per 1M input tokens and $0.05 per 1M output tokens. A typical 3:1 output-to-input workload blends to roughly $0.04 per 1M tokens. Figures are illustrative demo data.

What is llama-3.1-8b-instruct best for?+

General-purpose text generation, chat, summarization and content workloads where broad capability and low cost matter most.

How fast is llama-3.1-8b-instruct?+

llama-3.1-8b-instruct delivers about 158 tokens/sec with 100.0% tracked availability, suitable for latency-sensitive, real-time applications.

Is llama-3.1-8b-instruct cheaper than other AI models?+

Within the HotON.ai tracked set, llama-3.1-8b-instruct is cheaper than 42% of models on input price and ranks #649 of 1105 by overall efficiency.

Pricing is real (via the TestKey catalog, updated daily). Quality (Arena Elo) is real where the model is ranked on LMArena. Speed, availability and efficiency are modeled estimates.