Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Jamba 1.5 Large Comparison

Comparing Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Jamba 1.5 Large across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B outperforms in 2 benchmarks (GPQA, MMLU-Pro), while Jamba 1.5 Large is better at 0 benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B costs less

For input processing, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B ($0.07/1M tokens) is 28.6x cheaper than Jamba 1.5 Large ($2.00/1M tokens).

For output processing, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B ($0.30/1M tokens) is 26.7x cheaper than Jamba 1.5 Large ($8.00/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Jamba 1.5 Large is more expensive than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers

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Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Input tokens$0.07

Output tokens$0.30

Best providerGoogle

Jamba 1.5 Large

Input tokens$2.00

Output tokens$8.00

Best providerAWS Bedrock

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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

390.0B diff

Jamba 1.5 Large has 390.0B more parameters than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B, making it 4875.0% larger.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

8.0Bparameters

Jamba 1.5 Large

398.0Bparameters

8.0B

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

398.0B

Jamba 1.5 Large

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B accepts 1,048,576 input tokens compared to Jamba 1.5 Large's 256,000 tokens. Jamba 1.5 Large can generate longer responses up to 256,000 tokens, while Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is limited to 8,192 tokens.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Input1,048,576 tokens

Output8,192 tokens

Jamba 1.5 Large

Input256,000 tokens

Output256,000 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Jamba 1.5 Large does not.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Jamba 1.5 Large

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is licensed under a proprietary license, while Jamba 1.5 Large uses Jamba Open Model License.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Proprietary

Closed source

Jamba 1.5 Large

Jamba Open Model License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B was released on 2024-03-15, while Jamba 1.5 Large was released on 2024-08-22.

Jamba 1.5 Large is 5 months newer than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Mar 15, 2024

2.0 years ago

Jamba 1.5 Large

Aug 22, 2024

1.6 years ago

5mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has a knowledge cutoff of 2024-10-01, while Jamba 1.5 Large has a cutoff of 2024-03-05.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has more recent training data (up to 2024-10-01), making it potentially better informed about events through that date compared to Jamba 1.5 Large (2024-03-05).

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Oct 2024

7 mo newer

Jamba 1.5 Large

Mar 2024

Provider Availability

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is available from Google. Jamba 1.5 Large is available from Bedrock, Google. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.