Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct vs rekaai Reka Edge
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
- Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is 1.7× cheaper at a typical mix of 3 input tokens per output token.
- Llama 3.1 8B Instruct accepts longer prompts: 131K vs 16K tokens.
- Llama 3.1 8B Instruct output costs $0.04 per 1M via DeepInfra, against the list price of $0.08.
- Reka Edge is the newer model (released 2026-03-20).
| Llama 3.1 8B Instruct | Reka Edge | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Meta | rekaai |
| Released | 2024-07-23 | 2026-03-20 |
| Input / 1M | $0.05 | $0.10 |
| Output / 1M | $0.08 | $0.10 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.025 | — |
| Blended / 1M (3:1) | $0.058 | $0.10 |
| Context | 131K | 16K |
| Max output | 118K | 15K |
| Accepts | text | text, image, video |
| Reasoning | No | No |
| Providers on OpenRouter | 5 | 1 |
| Cheapest provider, output | $0.04 | $0.10 |
| Best provider uptime, 24 h | 100% | 100% |
| Chess arena rating | not playing | not playing |
| Vendor API status | — | — |
Cost calculator
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
$4.20 per month$0.14 per day
Reka Edge
$7.50 per month$0.25 per day
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct saves $3.30 a month on this workload.
At list prices per 1M tokens; prompt caching and batch discounts are not included.
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