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Deepseek vs Llama 3 1 8b Instant
This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.
Model
Llama 3 1 8b Instant
Context window
128K
128,000 tokens · ~96K words
Context window · side by side
Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.
Same context window size for both models.
Deepseek and Llama 3 1 8b Instant have identical context windows (128K tokens). Llama 3 1 8b Instant is 82% cheaper on input.
Quick verdicts
Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.
RAG / high-volume retrieval
Use Llama 3 1 8b Instant. Input tokens are 82% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.
Full specs
Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.
| Spec | Deepseek | Llama 3 1 8b Instant |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 128,000 tokens (128K) | 128,000 tokens (128K) |
| Max output tokens | 8,192 tokens (8K) | 8,192 tokens (8K) |
| Speed tier | Balanced | Fast |
| Vision | No | No |
| Function calling | No | Yes |
| Extended thinking | Yes | No |
| Prompt caching | Yes | No |
| Batch API | No | No |
| Release date | N/A | N/A |
Pricing matrix
Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.
| Provider | Deepseek in | Deepseek out | Llama 3 1 8b Instant in | Llama 3 1 8b Instant out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aws Bedrock | $0.580/M | $1.68/M | — | — |
| Azure | $1.14/M | $4.56/M | — | — |
| Deepinfra | $0.380/M | $0.890/M | — | — |
| Deepseek | $0.280/M | $0.420/M | — | — |
| Fireworks | $0.900/M | $0.900/M | — | — |
| Groq | — | — | $0.050/M | $0.080/M |
| Hyperbolic | $0.200/M | $0.200/M | — | — |
| Nebius | $0.500/M | $1.50/M | — | — |
| Novita | $0.400/M | $1.30/M | — | — |
| Openrouter | $0.140/M | $0.280/M | — | — |
| Replicate | $1.45/M | $1.45/M | — | — |
| Together Ai | $1.25/M | $1.25/M | — | — |
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