Head to head
Llama 3.2 3B InstructvsLlama 3 8B Lunaris
For tasks, about a month.
Verdict · measured basis
Llama 3 8B Lunaris costs $0.0001 per solved task against
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct at $0.0001 — ▼ 2.2x cheaper.
Over 200 tasks that is $0.01 a month.
On output token price alone Llama 3 8B Lunaris looks 6.6x cheaper. The ranking holds, but the margin changes.
Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for Llama 3.2 3B Instruct and Llama 3 8B Lunaris| Figure | Llama 3.2 3B Instruct | Llama 3 8B Lunaris |
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| Input $/Mtok | $0.05 | $0.04 |
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| Output $/Mtok | $0.33 | $0.05 |
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| Cached input $/Mtok | $0.05 | $0.04 |
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| Pass rate | 33% | 17% |
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| Cost per solved task | $0.0001measured | $0.0001measured |
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| Cost per month | $0.03 | $0.01 |
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Cost per month against tasks per month · drag the marker
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