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Head to head

Gemma 4 26B A4B vsLlama 3.1 8B Instruct

For tasks, about a month.

Verdict · measured basis

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct costs $0.0000 per solved task against Gemma 4 26B A4B at $0.0001 — ▼ 2.8x cheaper. Over 200 tasks that is $0.01 a month.

On output token price alone Llama 3.1 8B Instruct looks 4.3x cheaper. The ranking holds, but the margin changes.

Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
FigureGemma 4 26B A4B Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Input $/Mtok$0.07$0.05
Output $/Mtok$0.34$0.08
Cached input $/Mtok$0.07$0.025
Pass rate75%42%
Cost per solved task$0.0001measured$0.0000measured
Cost per month$0.02$0.01

Cost per month against tasks per month · drag the marker

Monthly cost against tasks per monthLog-log lines for Llama 3.1 8B Instruct (measured, $0.0000 per solved task), Gemma 4 26B A4B (measured, $0.0001 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks.101001k10k100k$0.001$0.01$0.1$1$10TASKS / MONTH (log) →200 tasksLlama 3.1 8B Instruct · MEASURED · $0.0000 per solved task$0.01Gemma 4 26B A4B · MEASURED · $0.0001 per solved task$0.02— Llama 3.1 8B Instruct · MEASURED— Gemma 4 26B A4B · MEASURED

Solid measured · dashed modeled · dotted stale. The gap is the verdict.

Solvency Bench (solvency.dev) — first-party measurement · verified 2026-08-26 · prices from each provider's pricing page; measured rows ignore the tier · Methodology · All models at these settings