Head-to-Head API Cost Benchmark

DeepSeek-V3 (Chat) 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 85.5% cheaper ($18.86/mo vs $129.75/mo), while Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) leads in token generation speed (750 tok/s).

Side-by-Side Specification & Billing Matrix

Metric DeepSeek-V3 (Chat) (DeepSeek API) Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) (GroqCloud) Advantage
Standard Input / 1M Tokens $0.270 $0.050 Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq)
Cached Input / 1M Tokens $0.070 $0.025 Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq)
Output Generation / 1M Tokens $1.10 $0.08 Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq)
Intelligence / Benchmark Quality 1282 LMSYS Elo 1180 LMSYS Elo DeepSeek-V3 (Chat)
Monthly Spend (5k req/day, 50% cache) $129.75 / mo $18.86 / mo Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) (-85.5%)
Context Window 64,000 tokens 128,000 tokens Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq)
Output Speed (Throughput) 60 tokens/sec 750 tokens/sec Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq)
Batch API Discount -50% (DeepSeek API) -25% (GroqCloud) DeepSeek API
Primary Workload Fit High-intelligence general tasks & translation where prompt caching saves 75%+ Instant keyword tagging, sentiment scoring, routing prompts at 750+ tokens/sec Workload Dependent
Deploy / Console Access Try DeepSeek-V3 (Chat) → Try Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) → Open Full Simulator