Head to head
IB vs ME For light moderate heavy
Verdict · measured basis
Granite 4.0 Micro costs $0.0000 per solved task against
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct at $0.0000 — ▼ 1.0x cheaper .
Over 200 tasks that is $0 a month.
On output token price alone Llama 3.1 8B Instruct looks 1.4x cheaper. The ranking reverses once you divide by pass rate — the cheaper tokens do not win the task.
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Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for Granite 4.0 Micro and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Figure Granite 4.0 Micro Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Input $/Mtok $0.017 $0.05 Output $/Mtok $0.112 $0.08 Cached input $/Mtok $0.017 $0.025 Pass rate 42% 42% Cost per solved task $0.0000 measured $0.0000 measured Cost per month $0.01 $0.01
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Monthly cost against tasks per month Log-log lines for Granite 4.0 Micro (measured, $0.0000 per solved task), Llama 3.1 8B Instruct (measured, $0.0000 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks. 10 100 1k 10k 100k $0.001 $0.01 $0.1 $1 TASKS / MONTH (log) → 200 tasks Granite 4.0 Micro · MEASURED · $0.0000 per solved task $0.01 Granite 4.0 Micro MEASURED Llama 3.1 8B Instruct · MEASURED · $0.0000 per solved task $0.01 Llama 3.1 8B Instruct MEASURED Monthly cost against tasks per month Log-log lines for Granite 4.0 Micro (measured, $0.0000 per solved task), Llama 3.1 8B Instruct (measured, $0.0000 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks. 10 100 1k 10k 100k $0.001 $0.01 $0.1 $1 TASKS / MONTH (log) → 200 tasks Granite 4.0 Micro · MEASURED · $0.0000 per solved task $0.01 Llama 3.1 8B Instruct · MEASURED · $0.0000 per solved task $0.01 — Granite 4.0 Micro · MEASURED — Llama 3.1 8B Instruct · 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