Head-to-Head API Cost Benchmark

Gemini 2.5 Flash 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 73.5% cheaper ($18.86/mo vs $71.16/mo), while Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) leads in token generation speed (750 tok/s).

Side-by-Side Specification & Billing Matrix

Metric Gemini 2.5 Flash (Google Gemini API) Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) (GroqCloud) Advantage
Standard Input / 1M Tokens $0.150 $0.050 Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq)
Cached Input / 1M Tokens $0.037 $0.025 Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq)
Output Generation / 1M Tokens $0.60 $0.08 Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq)
Intelligence / Benchmark Quality 1264 LMSYS Elo 1180 LMSYS Elo Gemini 2.5 Flash
Monthly Spend (5k req/day, 50% cache) $71.16 / mo $18.86 / mo Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) (-73.5%)
Context Window 1,000,000 tokens 128,000 tokens Gemini 2.5 Flash
Output Speed (Throughput) 180 tokens/sec 750 tokens/sec Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq)
Batch API Discount -50% (Google Gemini API) -25% (GroqCloud) Google Gemini API
Primary Workload Fit Large-scale data extraction, PDF/document parsing, high-throughput pipelines Instant keyword tagging, sentiment scoring, routing prompts at 750+ tokens/sec Workload Dependent
Deploy / Console Access Try Gemini 2.5 Flash → Try Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) → Open Full Simulator