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Gemini 4 Carbon vs Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the LLM Stats Score 59.0 to -3.0.

Google · Meta · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the overall LLM Stats Score 59.0 to -3.0, ranking #2 overall.

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

Choose Gemini 4 Carbon

  • overall performance matters — it scores 59.0 and ranks #2 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 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 4 Carbon
Google
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Meta
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
59.0
#2
-3.0
#376
Reasoning
54.9
#5
-4.0
#373
Coding
48.1
#3
-2.4
#283
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
— / M
$0.02 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.03 / M
Context window
—
131,072

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Gemini 4 Carbon
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Tool use
35.8#3
17.0#94
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

16 reported for Gemini 4 Carbon · 18 for Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

No common benchmarks found

Gemini 4 Carbon 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 4 Carbon
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Meta
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Input131,072 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
Fri Oct 30 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Gemini 4 Carbon supports multimodal inputs, whereas Llama 3.1 8B Instruct does not.

Gemini 4 Carbon can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 4 Carbon

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 4 Carbon 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 4 Carbon

Proprietary

Closed source

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 4 Carbon was released on 2026-10-28, while Llama 3.1 8B Instruct was released on 2024-07-23.

Gemini 4 Carbon is 28 months newer than Llama 3.1 8B Instruct.

Gemini 4 Carbon

Oct 28, 2026

-1 days ago

2.3yr newer
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Jul 23, 2024

2.3 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-31, while Gemini 4 Carbon'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 4 Carbon's cutoff date.

Gemini 4 Carbon

—

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Dec 2023

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Gemini 4 Carbon and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Gemini 4 Carbon
✓ Preferred
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 4 Carbon vs Llama 3.1 8B Instruct.

Which is better, Gemini 4 Carbon or Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the LLM Stats Score 59.0 to -3.0. Gemini 4 Carbon 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 4 Carbon compare to Llama 3.1 8B Instruct in benchmarks?

Gemini 4 Carbon scores Gray Swan IPI Benchmark: 100.0%, Vending-Bench 2: 100.0%, Graphwalks BFS >128k: 96.2%, WebDev Arena: 88.4%, SEC-bench Pro: 88.2%. 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 4 Carbon and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

Gemini 4 Carbon 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 4 Carbon and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (59.0 vs -3.0), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Llama 3.1 Community License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Gemini 4 Carbon and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

Gemini 4 Carbon is developed by Google and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is developed by Meta.

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