Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite pricing
Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite, Small-tier from Together AI, costs $0.14 per 1M input tokens and $0.14 per 1M output tokens.
Input$0.14per 1M tokens
Output$0.14per 1M tokens
Context window8Ktokens
TierSmallTogether AI
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Specs and pricing
| Provider | Together AI |
| Tier | Small |
| Context window | 8K tokens |
| Max output | — |
| Input price | $0.14 / 1M tokens |
| Output price | $0.14 / 1M tokens |
| Modalities | text |
| Released | 2024-04 |
Note. Flat rate — input and output cost the same.
What it costs at realistic volumes
Assuming a 4:1 input:output token ratio, a common shape for chat and RAG-style workloads:
| Volume (4:1 in:out ratio) | Input cost | Output cost | Total / month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000,000 in / 250,000 out | $0.14 | $0.04 | $0.18 |
| 10,000,000 in / 2,500,000 out | $1.40 | $0.35 | $1.75 |
| 100,000,000 in / 25,000,000 out | $14.00 | $3.50 | $17.50 |
Cheaper alternatives
Same tier (Small), a different provider, and a lower blended cost at the 4:1 ratio used above:
| Model | Provider | $/1M in | $/1M out | At the 4:1 ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-Turbo | DeepInfra | $0.02 | $0.04 | 82.9% cheaper blended |
| Solar Pro 4 | OpenRouter | $0.03 | $0.12 | 65.7% cheaper blended |
| GPT-OSS 20B | OpenRouter | $0.03 | $0.13 | 64.3% cheaper blended |
| schematron-v2-turbo | inference.net | $0.03 | $0.15 | 61.4% cheaper blended |
| Amazon Nova Micro | Amazon (Nova) | $0.035 | $0.14 | 60% cheaper blended |