Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Gemini 2.5 Pro leads with 52.6% higher average benchmark score. Gemini 2.5 Pro 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 supports multimodal inputs. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is available on 9 providers. Overall, Gemini 2.5 Pro is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Gemini 2.5 Pro was developed as Google's most intelligent AI model, designed to comprehend vast datasets and challenging problems from diverse information sources including text, audio, images, and video. Built to handle complex reasoning and multi-step problem solving, it represents Google's flagship offering for enterprise and advanced applications.
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.
10 months newer

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23

Gemini 2.5 Pro
2025-05-20
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Gemini 2.5 Pro

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

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
2023-12-31
Gemini 2.5 Pro
2025-01-31
Available providers and their performance metrics

Gemini 2.5 Pro
ZeroEval


Gemini 2.5 Pro

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
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