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Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 vs Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 leads with 56.0% higher average benchmark score. Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 offers 852.0K more tokens in context window than Llama 3.1 8B Instruct. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is $11.19 cheaper per million tokens. Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 supports multimodal inputs. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is available on 9 providers. Overall, Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview was released as an early access version of Gemini 2.5 Pro, designed to allow developers and enterprises to experiment with next-generation capabilities before general availability. Built to gather feedback and demonstrate upcoming features, it provided a window into the evolution of Google's flagship model.
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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.
10 months newer
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
2025-06-05
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Pricing Comparison
Cost per million tokens (USD)
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Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
Input:$1.25
Output:$10.00
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Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Input:$0.03
Output:$0.03($11.19 cheaper)
Performance Metrics
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
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Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
Average Score:86.4%(+56.0%)
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Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Average Score:30.4%
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Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
2023-12-31
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
2025-01-31
More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks
Provider Availability & Performance
Available providers and their performance metrics
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Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
1 providers
Throughput: 85 tok/s
Latency: 0.7ms
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Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
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Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
Avg Score:86.4%(+56.0%)
Providers:1
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Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Avg Score:30.4%
Providers:9