Nex-N2-Mini vs Llama 3 8B Lunaris

Nex-N2-Mini at $0.029 in and $0.115 out and Llama 3 8B Lunaris at $0.046 in and $0.058 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

Nex-N2-Mini

Nex AGI

0.02¢

for a client proposal

$0.029 in · $0.115 out / 1M

262K context · released 2 months ago

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Llama 3 8B Lunaris

Sao10k

0.03¢

for a client proposal

$0.046 in · $0.058 out / 1M

8K context · released August 2024

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.05¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

Cheapest input: Nex-N2-Mini at $0.029 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: Llama 3 8B Lunaris at $0.058 per million tokens.
Largest context: Nex-N2-Mini at 262K tokens — about 370 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

Nex-N2-Mini

0.01¢

Llama 3 8B Lunaris

0.01¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Nex-N2-Mini

0.02¢

Llama 3 8B Lunaris

0.03¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Nex-N2-Mini

0.49¢

Llama 3 8B Lunaris

needs 155K ctx

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Nex-N2-Mini

0.11¢

Llama 3 8B Lunaris

needs 35K ctx

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Nex-N2-Mini

0.75¢

Llama 3 8B Lunaris

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

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Nex-N2-Mini

Llama 3 8B Lunaris

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Pricing

Nex-N2-Mini

Llama 3 8B Lunaris

Input / 1M tokens

$0.029

$0.046

Output / 1M tokens

$0.115

$0.058

Cached input / 1M

$0.0029

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Specs

Nex-N2-Mini

Llama 3 8B Lunaris

Provider

Nex AGI

Sao10k

Released

2 months ago

August 2024

Context window

262K

Max output

262K

16K

Input

Text and Images

Text

Output

Text

Reasoning

Shows its thinking

Answers directly

Knowledge cutoff

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2023-12-31

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Nex-N2-Mini

Nex AGI

0.01¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

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Llama 3 8B Lunaris

Sao10k

0.01¢

for this task

76% input · 24% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.02¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 21,208 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Nex-N2-Mini has the largest context window here — 262K tokens.

On price, Nex-N2-Mini is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.02¢.

For images or files, Nex-N2-Mini can read them directly; Llama 3 8B Lunaris is text-only.

If you want to watch the model think, Nex-N2-Mini shows reasoning; the other answers directly.

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, Nex-N2-Mini or Llama 3 8B Lunaris?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Nex-N2-Mini at 0.02¢; Llama 3 8B Lunaris at 0.03¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

Nex-N2-Mini — 262K tokens, about 370 pages.

Can I run Nex-N2-Mini and Llama 3 8B Lunaris 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 0.05¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.05¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.