llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fp8 vs llama-3.1-8b-instant

Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, context window, latency, and benchmark performance. Data refreshed daily from provider APIs and ModelStop's own latency probes.

Key Differences

💰llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fp8 is 100% cheaper than llama-3.1-8b-instant

⚡llama-3.1-8b-instant is 417ms faster than llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fp8

Comparison Overview

Price (lower is better), Speed/Latency (lower is better), Performance (higher is better)

Detailed Comparison

⚡ Speed

llama-3.1-8b-instant is 405% faster

Why choose between them?

llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fp8: Best value

llama-3.1-8b-instant: Best value • Fastest

Spec	llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fp8	llama-3.1-8b-instant
Provider	meta	groq
Input price / 1M tokens	Free	$0.05
Output price / 1M tokens	—	$0.08
Context window	32k tokens	131k tokens
Latency (p50)	520ms	103ms
Best benchmark score	—	—
Open source	No	No

llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fp8

Llama 3.1 8B quantized to FP8 precision

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llama-3.1-8b-instant

Meta's Llama 3.1 8B served on Groq's LPU for ultra-low latency — ideal for fast, lightweight text tasks.

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