Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash leads with 12.7% higher average benchmark score. Gemini 1.5 Flash offers 794.6K more tokens in context window than Llama 3.1 8B Instruct. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is $0.69 cheaper per million tokens. Gemini 1.5 Flash supports multimodal inputs. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is available on 9 providers. Overall, Gemini 1.5 Flash is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Gemini 1.5 Flash was created as a fast and efficient multimodal model, designed to provide quick responses while handling text, images, and other modalities. Built for applications requiring low latency and high throughput, it balances capability with speed to serve real-time and high-volume use cases.
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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.
2 months newer

Gemini 1.5 Flash
2024-05-01

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23
Cost per million tokens (USD)

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Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

Gemini 1.5 Flash

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Gemini 1.5 Flash
2023-11-01
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
2023-12-31
Available providers and their performance metrics

Gemini 1.5 Flash

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Gemini 1.5 Flash

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Gemini 1.5 Flash

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
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