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Command R7B (12-2024) vs Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Command R7B (12-2024) at $0.043 in and $0.172 out and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct at $0.058 in and $0.092 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

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Command R7B (12-2024)

Cohere

0.04¢

for a client proposal

$0.043 in · $0.172 out / 1M

128K context · released December 2024

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Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Meta

0.04¢

for a client proposal

$0.058 in · $0.092 out / 1M

131K context · released July 2024

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.07¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

  • Cheapest input: Command R7B (12-2024) at $0.043 per million tokens.
  • Cheapest output: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct at $0.092 per million tokens.
  • Largest context: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct at 131K tokens — about 190 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out
Command R7B (12-2024)
0.02¢
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
0.02¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out
Command R7B (12-2024)
0.04¢
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
0.04¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out
Command R7B (12-2024)
needs 155K ctx
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
needs 155K ctx

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out
Command R7B (12-2024)
0.17¢
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
0.21¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out
Command R7B (12-2024)
needs 250K ctx
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
needs 250K ctx

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

Drag the slider to adjust the split between input and output workload.

80% Input20% Output
free3.4¢$0.070 tokens250k500k750k1000k
Command R7B (12-2024)
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Adjust the ratio slider to change how output tokens influence the final price for equivalent workloads.

Pricing

Command R7B (12-2024)
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Input / 1M tokens
$0.043
$0.058
Output / 1M tokens
$0.172
$0.092
Cached input / 1M
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$0.029

Specs

Command R7B (12-2024)
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Provider
Cohere
Meta
Released
December 2024
July 2024
Context window
128K
131K
Max output
4K
131K
Input
Text
Text
Output
Text
Text
Reasoning
Answers directly
Answers directly
Knowledge cutoff
2024-08-31
2023-12-31

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Command R7B (12-2024)

Cohere

0.02¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

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Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Meta

0.02¢

for this task

71% input · 29% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.03¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 15,044 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Llama 3.1 8B Instruct has the largest context window here — 131K tokens.

On price, Command R7B (12-2024) is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.04¢.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

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Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, Command R7B (12-2024) or Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Command R7B (12-2024) at 0.04¢; Llama 3.1 8B Instruct at 0.04¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct — 131K tokens, about 190 pages.

Can I run Command R7B (12-2024) and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 0.07¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.07¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.

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