Head-to-Head API Cost Benchmark

Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) vs Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (Together AI): API Price & Latency Comparison

On a standard B2B production workload (5,000 req/day), Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) is 93.1% cheaper ($18.86/mo vs $273.00/mo), while Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) leads in token generation speed (750 tok/s).

Side-by-Side Specification & Billing Matrix

Metric Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) (GroqCloud) Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (Together AI) (Together AI) Advantage
Standard Input / 1M Tokens $0.050 $0.800 Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq)
Cached Input / 1M Tokens $0.025 $0.400 Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq)
Output Generation / 1M Tokens $0.08 $0.80 Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq)
Intelligence / Benchmark Quality 1180 LMSYS Elo 1230 LMSYS Elo Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (Together AI)
Monthly Spend (5k req/day, 50% cache) $18.86 / mo $273.00 / mo Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) (-93.1%)
Context Window 128,000 tokens 32,768 tokens Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq)
Output Speed (Throughput) 750 tokens/sec 115 tokens/sec Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq)
Batch API Discount -25% (GroqCloud) -50% (Together AI) Together AI
Primary Workload Fit Instant keyword tagging, sentiment scoring, routing prompts at 750+ tokens/sec Automated unit test generation, SQL query authoring, IDE completion tools Workload Dependent
Deploy / Console Access Try Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) → Try Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (Together AI) → Open Full Simulator