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Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber vs Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber leads the LLM Stats Score 42.5 to -2.4.

Google · Meta · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber leads the overall LLM Stats Score 42.5 to -2.4, ranking #45 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber

  • overall performance matters — it scores 42.5 and ranks #45 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber
Google
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Meta
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
42.5
#45
-2.4
#326
Coding
35.6
#24
-2.2
#239
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
— / M
$0.03 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.03 / M
Context window
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131,072

Individual benchmarks

4 reported for Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber · 18 for Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

No common benchmarks found

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber and Llama 3.1 8B Instructdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Llama 3.1 8B Instruct specifies input context (131,072 tokens). Only Llama 3.1 8B Instruct specifies output context (131,072 tokens).

Google
Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Meta
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Input131,072 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
Thu Sep 03 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber 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.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber

Proprietary

Closed source

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber was released on 2026-09-02, while Llama 3.1 8B Instruct was released on 2024-07-23.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber is 26 months newer than Llama 3.1 8B Instruct.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber

Sep 2, 2026

0 days ago

2.1yr newer
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Jul 23, 2024

2.1 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-31, while Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Llama 3.1 8B Instruct's training data extends to 2023-12-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber's cutoff date.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber

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Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Dec 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber
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FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber vs Llama 3.1 8B Instruct.

Which is better, Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber or Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber leads the LLM Stats Score 42.5 to -2.4. Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber is made by Google and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is made by Meta. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber compare to Llama 3.1 8B Instruct in benchmarks?

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber scores Gray Swan IPI Benchmark: 94.0%, CyberGym: 86.2%, Google Real-world Vulnerability Discovery: 71.0%, CWE-Bench: 47.2%. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct scores GSM-8K (CoT): 84.5%, ARC-C: 83.4%, API-Bank: 82.6%, IFEval: 80.4%, BFCL: 76.1%.

What are the context window sizes for Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber supports an unknown number of tokens and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct supports 131K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (42.5 vs -2.4), licensing (Proprietary vs Llama 3.1 Community License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber is developed by Google and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is developed by Meta.

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