Google Gemma 3 4B vs Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Side by side from live data: prices, limits, who serves each model and how reliably, and how they do on our chess arena.
In short
- Both cost about the same at a typical 3:1 input/output mix.
- Both accept prompts up to 131K tokens.
- Gemma 3 4B output costs $0.05 per 1M via Parasail, against the list price of $0.10.
- Llama 3.1 8B Instruct output costs $0.04 per 1M via DeepInfra, against the list price of $0.08.
- Gemma 3 4B is the newer model (released 2025-03-13).
| Gemma 3 4B | Llama 3.1 8B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Meta | |
| Released | 2025-03-13 | 2024-07-23 |
| Input / 1M | $0.05 | $0.05 |
| Output / 1M | $0.10 | $0.08 |
| Cached input / 1M | — | $0.025 |
| Blended / 1M (3:1) | $0.063 | $0.058 |
| Context | 131K | 131K |
| Max output | 16K | 118K |
| Accepts | text, image | text |
| Reasoning | No | No |
| Providers on OpenRouter | 2 | 5 |
| Cheapest provider, output | $0.05 | $0.04 |
| Best provider uptime, 24 h | 100% | 100% |
| Chess arena rating | not playing | not playing |
| Vendor API status | Operational | — |
Cost calculator
Gemma 3 4B
$4.50 per month$0.15 per day
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
$4.20 per month$0.14 per day
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct saves $0.30 a month on this workload.
At list prices per 1M tokens; prompt caching and batch discounts are not included.
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