Model Details
2024-07Price Data Last Verified: June 22, 2026
Llama 3.1 8B Instant API Pricing & Cost Calculator
Groq-hosted Llama 3.1 8B Instant tier for very low-cost, fast workloads.
Pricing Details
- Provider
- Groq
- Input Price
- $0.05 / 1M tokens
- Output Price
- $0.08 / 1M tokens
- Context Window
- 128K
Official source: groq.com
Cost Scenarios
Small Request$0.0001
Medium Request$0.0013
Large Request$0.009
High Volume$0.09
Detailed Cost Breakdown
| Scenario | Input Tokens | Output Tokens | Input Cost | Output Cost | Total Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Request | 1,000 | 1,000 | $0.0001 | $0.0001 | $0.0001 |
| Medium Request | 10,000 | 10,000 | $0.0005 | $0.0008 | $0.0013 |
| Large Request | 100,000 | 50,000 | $0.005 | $0.004 | $0.009 |
| High Volume | 1,000,000 | 500,000 | $0.05 | $0.04 | $0.09 |
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