Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude Opus 4.1 leads with 50.5% higher average benchmark score. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct offers 30.1K more tokens in context window than Claude Opus 4.1. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is $89.94 cheaper per million tokens. Claude Opus 4.1 supports multimodal inputs. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is available on 9 providers. Overall, Claude Opus 4.1 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.1 represents an iteration within the Claude 4 Opus line, built to deliver refined performance in complex reasoning and analysis tasks. Developed as part of Anthropic's flagship tier, it incorporates improvements to the foundational capabilities that define the Opus family of models.
Meta
Llama 3.1 8B was developed as an efficient open-source model, designed to bring capable instruction-following to applications with limited computational resources. Built with 8 billion parameters, it provides a lightweight option for developers seeking reliable performance without the overhead of larger models.
1 year newer

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23

Claude Opus 4.1
Anthropic
2025-08-05
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Claude Opus 4.1

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

Claude Opus 4.1

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
2023-12-31
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude Opus 4.1
Anthropic
Bedrock
ZeroEval

Claude Opus 4.1

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Claude Opus 4.1

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Bedrock
Cerebras
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Groq
Hyperbolic
Lambda
Sambanova
Together