Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
MedGemma 4B IT supports multimodal inputs. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is available on 9 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
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.
MedGemma 4B was developed as a domain-specialized open-source model focused on medical and healthcare applications. Built with 4 billion parameters and training data relevant to medical contexts, it provides researchers and healthcare developers with a foundation model tailored to biomedical language understanding and generation.
10 months newer

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23

MedGemma 4B IT
2025-05-20
Context window and performance specifications
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
2023-12-31
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Bedrock
Cerebras
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Groq

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

MedGemma 4B IT

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

MedGemma 4B IT
Hyperbolic
Lambda
Sambanova
Together

MedGemma 4B IT