Model Comparison

Comprehensive side-by-side analysis of model capabilities and performance

Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is a language model developed by Meta. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 61.3% across 18 benchmarks. It excels particularly in GSM-8K (CoT) (84.5%), ARC-C (83.4%), API-Bank (82.6%). It supports a 262K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 9 API providers. Released in 2024, it represents Meta's latest advancement in AI technology.

Meta

Llama 4 Scout

Meta

Llama 4 Scout is a multimodal language model developed by Meta. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 67.3% across 12 benchmarks. It excels particularly in DocVQA (94.4%), MGSM (90.6%), ChartQA (88.8%). The model shows particular specialization in vision tasks with an average performance of 81.9%. With a 20.0M token context window, it can handle extensive documents and complex multi-turn conversations. The model is available through 6 API providers. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2025, it represents Meta's latest advancement in AI technology.

Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Meta

2024-07-23

Meta

Llama 4 Scout

Meta

2025-04-05

8 months newer

Pricing Comparison

Cost per million tokens (USD)

Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

$0.32 cheaper
Input:$0.03
Output:$0.03
Meta

Llama 4 Scout

Input:$0.08
Output:$0.30

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Max Context:262.1K
Parameters:8.0B
Meta

Llama 4 Scout

Larger context
Max Context:20.0M
Parameters:109.0B

Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Average Score:49.4%
Meta

Llama 4 Scout

+21.0%
Average Score:70.4%

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

math
68.4%
general
54.0%
code
+15.5%
65.8%
Meta

Llama 4 Scout

math
+2.1%
70.5%
general
+12.3%
66.3%
code
50.3%
Benchmark Scores - Detailed View
Side-by-side comparison of all benchmark scores
Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

2023-12-31

More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks

Provider Availability & Performance

Available providers and their performance metrics

Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

9 providers

Sambanova

Throughput: 1050 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Together

Throughput: 194 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Hyperbolic

Throughput: 200 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

DeepInfra

Throughput: 118 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Fireworks

Throughput: 292 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Groq

Throughput: 750 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Bedrock

Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Lambda

Throughput: 42 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Cerebras

Throughput: 2047 tok/s
Latency: 0.2ms
Meta

Llama 4 Scout

6 providers

Together

Throughput: 106.9 tok/s
Latency: 0.54ms

DeepInfra

Throughput: 76.1 tok/s
Latency: 0.31ms

Fireworks

Throughput: 116.1 tok/s
Latency: 0.53ms

Groq

Throughput: 776.1 tok/s
Latency: 1.08ms

Novita

Throughput: 69.82 tok/s
Latency: 0.85ms

Lambda

Throughput: 139.7 tok/s
Latency: 0.43ms
Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Avg Score:49.4%
Providers:9
Meta

Llama 4 Scout

+21.0%
Avg Score:70.4%
Providers:6