Gemini 1.5 Pro vs Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Comparison
Comparing Gemini 1.5 Pro and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Gemini 1.5 Pro outperforms in 5 benchmarks (DROP, GPQA, HumanEval, MMLU, MMLU-Pro), while Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.
Gemini 1.5 Pro significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
For input processing, Gemini 1.5 Pro ($2.50/1M tokens) is 83.3x more expensive than Llama 3.1 8B Instruct ($0.03/1M tokens).
For output processing, Gemini 1.5 Pro ($10.00/1M tokens) is 333.3x more expensive than Llama 3.1 8B Instruct ($0.03/1M tokens).
In conclusion, Gemini 1.5 Pro is more expensive than Llama 3.1 8B Instruct.*
* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Gemini 1.5 Pro accepts 2,097,152 input tokens compared to Llama 3.1 8B Instruct's 131,072 tokens. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct can generate longer responses up to 131,072 tokens, while Gemini 1.5 Pro is limited to 8,192 tokens.
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
Gemini 1.5 Pro supports multimodal inputs, whereas Llama 3.1 8B Instruct does not.
Gemini 1.5 Pro can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Gemini 1.5 Pro
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
License
Usage and distribution terms
Gemini 1.5 Pro is licensed under a proprietary license, while Llama 3.1 8B Instruct uses Llama 3.1 Community License.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Proprietary
Closed source
Llama 3.1 Community License
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Gemini 1.5 Pro was released on 2024-05-01, while Llama 3.1 8B Instruct was released on 2024-07-23.
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is 3 months newer than Gemini 1.5 Pro.
May 1, 2024
1.9 years ago
Jul 23, 2024
1.7 years ago
2mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Gemini 1.5 Pro has a knowledge cutoff of 2023-11-01, while Llama 3.1 8B Instruct has a cutoff of 2023-12-31.
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct has more recent training data (up to 2023-12-31), making it potentially better informed about events through that date compared to Gemini 1.5 Pro (2023-11-01).
Nov 2023
Dec 2023
1 mo newerProvider Availability
Gemini 1.5 Pro is available from Google. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is available from Lambda, DeepInfra, Groq, Sambanova, Cerebras, Hyperbolic, Together, Fireworks, Bedrock. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.
Gemini 1.5 Pro
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
Detailed Comparison
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