Llama 3.1 8B Instruct vs Qwen3.7 Flash
Prices checked
Qwen3.7 Flash takes 3 of 5 rounds against Llama 3.1 8B Instruct. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct counters on price: $0.02 per million tokens against $0.04, for 131k context instead of 1M.
MetaLlama 3.1 8B Instruct
131k context · tool calling · open weights
$0.02/M tokensCheapest price, at Helicone · 1.4¢ per 1,000 pages
Alibaba CloudWins 3 roundsQwen3.7 Flash
1M context · tool calling · reads images
$0.04/M tokensCheapest price, at Eden AI · 1.7¢ per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$0.05/M
$0.03/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$0.08/M
$0.13/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
$0.02/M at Helicone
$0.04/M at Eden AI
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$0.06/M
$0.06/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
1.4¢
1.7¢
Context
131k tokens
1M tokens
Open weights
yes
no
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
yes
Reads images
no
yes
Reasoning
no
yes
Released
23 Jul 2024
15 Jul 2026
Providers selling it
29
18
Price we measure against
OpenRouter
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not published
not published
Providers selling both · 7
Eden AI$0.03 / $0.04
NanoGPT$0.02 / $0.06
Kilo Gateway$0.03 / $0.06
TrustedRouter$0.03 / $0.06
Nous Portal$0.06 / $0.06
OpenRouter$0.06 / $0.06
Vercel AI Gateway$0.22 / $0.06
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct, then Qwen3.7 Flash, per million tokens.
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.
What moved this week
- Nous Portal · 130% dearer · 5¢ / 8¢ 2¢ / 4¢
- Eden AI · 445% dearer · $0.15 / $0.15 2¢ / 5¢
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Llama 3.1 8B Instruct or Qwen3.7 Flash?
- Llama 3.1 8B Instruct, at $0.02 per million tokens against $0.04 for Qwen3.7 Flash, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 31 Oct 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Llama 3.1 8B Instruct: $0.02 at Helicone. Qwen3.7 Flash: $0.04 at Eden AI.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 7 providers sell both: Eden AI, NanoGPT, Kilo Gateway, TrustedRouter, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Eden AI.
- Which holds more context?
- Qwen3.7 Flash, at 1M tokens against 131k.
Prices exclude tax, read 31 Oct 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.
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