Which is cheaper, Llama 3.1 8B Instruct or Qwen3.7 Flash?

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct, at $0.10 per million tokens against $0.14 for Qwen3.7 Flash, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct: $0.10 at Kilo Gateway. Qwen3.7 Flash: $0.14 at Eden AI.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 6 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, TrustedRouter, OpenRouter, NanoGPT, Vercel AI Gateway. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.

Which holds more context?

Qwen3.7 Flash, at 1M tokens against 131k.

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct vs Qwen3.7 Flash.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

Qwen3.7 Flash takes 3 of 5 rounds against Llama 3.1 8B Instruct. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct counters on price: $0.10 per million tokens against $0.14, for 131k context instead of 1M.

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

$0.10/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at Kilo Gateway · $0.0144 per 1,000 pages

131k context · tool calling · open weights

Kilo Gateway ↗

Alibaba Cloudwins 3 rounds

Qwen3.7 Flash

$0.14/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at Eden AI · $0.0168 per 1,000 pages

1M context · tool calling · reads images

Eden AI ↗

List price in (lower wins)

$0.05/M

$0.03/M

List price out (lower wins)

$0.08/M

$0.13/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

$0.10/M at Kilo Gateway

$0.14/M at Eden AI

Standard price (lower wins)

$0.23/M

$0.22/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.0144

$0.0168

Context

131k tokens

1M tokens

Open weights

yes

not stated

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

yes

Reads images

yes

Reasoning

yes

Released

23 Jul 2024

27 Jul 2026

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

OpenRouter

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

not stated

Providers selling both · 6

Kilo Gateway$0.10 / $0.22
Nous Portal$0.10 / $0.22
TrustedRouter$0.12 / $0.23
OpenRouter$0.23 / $0.22
NanoGPT$0.25 / $0.22
Vercel AI Gateway$0.88 / $0.22

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct then Qwen3.7 Flash, per million tokens

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What moved in the last seven days

Llama 3.1 8B InstructNous Portal$0.02 / $0.03 $0.02 / $0.0425% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Qwen3.7 FlashNous Portal$0.02 / $0.10 $0.03 / $0.1325% dearer · 16 Sept 2026

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Llama 3.1 8B Instruct or Qwen3.7 Flash?: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct, at $0.10 per million tokens against $0.14 for Qwen3.7 Flash, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct: $0.10 at Kilo Gateway. Qwen3.7 Flash: $0.14 at Eden AI.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 6 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, TrustedRouter, OpenRouter, NanoGPT, Vercel AI Gateway. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.
Which holds more context?: Qwen3.7 Flash, at 1M tokens against 131k.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.