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Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) vs Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Google · Meta · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is better at 6 benchmarks (ARC-C, DROP, GPQA, HumanEval, MMLU, MMLU-Pro). Llama 3.1 8B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Based on current benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped May 2025

Choose Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

  • you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 6 of 6 shared benchmarks

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)
Google
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Meta
Benchmark wins
0 of 6
6 of 6
Input price
— / M
$0.03 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.03 / M
Context window
—
131,072
Released
May 2025
Jul 2024
License
Gemma
Llama 3.1 Community License

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

6 benchmarks

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is better at 6 benchmarks (ARC-C, DROP, GPQA, HumanEval, MMLU, MMLU-Pro).

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Tue Aug 25 2026 • llm-stats.com

Arena Performance

Playground indexes and blind preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

6.1B diff

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct has 6.1B more parameters than Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview), making it 318.8% larger.

Google
Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)
1.9Bparameters
Meta
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
8.0Bparameters
1.9B
Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)
8.0B
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

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
Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Meta
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Input131,072 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
Tue Aug 25 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) supports multimodal inputs, whereas Llama 3.1 8B Instruct does not.

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) is licensed under Gemma, 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.

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)

Gemma

Open weights

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) was released on 2025-05-20, while Llama 3.1 8B Instruct was released on 2024-07-23.

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) is 10 months newer than Llama 3.1 8B Instruct.

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)

May 20, 2025

1.3 years ago

10mo newer
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Jul 23, 2024

2.1 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) has a knowledge cutoff of 2024-06-01, while Llama 3.1 8B Instruct has a cutoff of 2023-12-31.

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) has more recent training data (up to 2024-06-01), making it potentially better informed about events through that date compared to Llama 3.1 8B Instruct (2023-12-31).

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)

Jun 2024

6 mo newer
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Dec 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)
✓ Preferred
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) vs Llama 3.1 8B Instruct.

Which is better, Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) or Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) is made by Google and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is made by Meta. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.

How does Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) compare to Llama 3.1 8B Instruct in benchmarks?

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) scores PIQA: 78.9%, BoolQ: 76.4%, ARC-E: 75.8%, HellaSwag: 72.2%, Winogrande: 66.8%. 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 Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) 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 Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Gemma vs Llama 3.1 Community License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) is developed by Google and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is developed by Meta.

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