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Llama 3.1 8B Instruct vs o1

How do these models stack up? Below is an expert side-by-side comparison of specifications, context window capacity, live pricing per million tokens, and standardized benchmark scores for Llama 3.1 8B Instruct and o1.

Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Meta's latest class of model (Llama 3.1) launched with a variety of sizes & flavors. This 8B instruct-tuned version is fast and efficient. It has demonstrated strong performance compared to...

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OpenAI

o1

The latest and strongest model family from OpenAI, o1 is designed to spend more time thinking before responding. The o1 model series is trained with large-scale reinforcement learning to reason...

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Technical Specifications

SpecificationLlama 3.1 8B Instructo1
ProviderMetaOpenAI
Context Window131,072 tokens200,000 tokens
Agent SuitabilityN/A88/100
Time to First Token (TTFT)N/A2500 ms
Deployment Modelself hostablemanaged api
Production Stabilitystablestable
API AvailableYesYes
Released Date2024-07-232024-12-17

API Pricing Comparison

Input Price per Million Tokens

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

$0.02

o1

$15.00

Output Price per Million Tokens

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

$0.03

o1

$60.00

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Benchmark Performance Metrics

Scores show the raw performance percentages verified across key evaluation suites. Higher bars indicate superior accuracy and capability in that domain.

MMLUGeneral knowledge & multi-task understanding
N/Avs9180.0%
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
o1
HumanEvalPython coding & logic synthesis
N/Avs9450.0%
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
o1
MATHComplex mathematical problem solving
N/Avs9480.0%
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
o1
GPQAGraduate-level expert reasoning
N/Avs7830.0%
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
o1
HellaSwagCommonsense reasoning and inference
N/Avs9200.0%
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
o1
MT-BenchMulti-turn conversation flow quality
N/Avs940.0%
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
o1

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Quirks & Gotchas

No developer gotchas reported.

o1 Quirks & Gotchas

  • โ–ธReasoning model โ€” high latency by design, not for real-time use
  • โ–ธBest for complex math/code reasoning where accuracy > speed
  • โ–ธUse o3-mini when you need reasoning with lower latency