Head-to-Head API Cost Benchmark

DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI) vs Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq): API Price & Latency Comparison

On a standard B2B production workload (5,000 req/day), Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) is 98.6% cheaper ($18.86/mo vs $1323.75/mo), while Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) leads in token generation speed (750 tok/s).

Side-by-Side Specification & Billing Matrix

Metric DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI) (Fireworks AI) Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) (GroqCloud) Advantage
Standard Input / 1M Tokens $3.000 $0.050 Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq)
Cached Input / 1M Tokens $1.500 $0.025 Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq)
Output Generation / 1M Tokens $8.00 $0.08 Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq)
Intelligence / Benchmark Quality 1315 LMSYS Elo 1180 LMSYS Elo DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI)
Monthly Spend (5k req/day, 50% cache) $1323.75 / mo $18.86 / mo Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) (-98.6%)
Context Window 160,000 tokens 128,000 tokens DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI)
Output Speed (Throughput) 150 tokens/sec 750 tokens/sec Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq)
Batch API Discount -50% (Fireworks AI) -25% (GroqCloud) Fireworks AI
Primary Workload Fit US/EU compliance enterprises needing DeepSeek R1 reasoning at 3x speed Instant keyword tagging, sentiment scoring, routing prompts at 750+ tokens/sec Workload Dependent
Deploy / Console Access Try DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI) → Try Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) → Open Full Simulator