Llama 3.1 8b Instant API pricing
Groq · chat model · 131K context · ranked #125 of 1809 by input price
What Llama 3.1 8b Instant costs in practice
Llama 3.1 8b Instant is priced at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens and no separately published prompt-cache rate. Against the median priced chat model ($0.5/1M in), this sits at 10.00× cheaper.
Monthly cost examples
Assuming 1,200 prompt + 400 completion tokens per request unless noted, billed 30 days a month and without cache hits.
| Workload | Cost / month | Cost / day |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 requests/day | $2.76 | $0.092 |
| 10,000 requests/day | $27.6 | $0.92 |
| 100,000 requests/day | $276 | $9.2 |
| 1M summaries/month | $424 | $14.13 |
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Capabilities
Cheaper alternatives
Ranked by blended cost (3× input + 1× output) — cheaper, but check context and capabilities before switching.
| # | Model | Provider | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Cached $/1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gemini Exp 1114 | Google Gemini | free | free | — | 1.0M |
| 2 | Gemini Exp 1206 | Google Gemini | free | free | — | 2.1M |
| 3 | Gemma 3 27b It | Google Gemini | free | free | — | 131K |
| 4 | Gemma 4 26b A4b It | Google Gemini | free | free | — | 262K |
| 5 | Gemma 4 31b It | Google Gemini | free | free | — | 262K |
| 6 | Learnlm 1.5 Pro Experimental | Google Gemini | free | free | — | 33K |
Data provenance
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Only one source publishes this model; no independent cross-check available yet.
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Frequently asked
› How much does Llama 3.1 8b Instant cost per 1,000 tokens?
About $0.00005 for input and $0.00008 for output tokens, based on the per-million rates on this page.
› Is Llama 3.1 8b Instant cheaper than other models?
By input price it ranks #125 of 1809 priced chat models in this index, putting it in the cheaper half of the market.
› How often is Llama 3.1 8b Instant's price checked?
The dataset was last refreshed 2026-09-13 13:40 UTC. Providers can change pricing at any time — verify with Groq before committing to a budget.