Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Llama 3.1 8B

Compare Anthropic and Meta (via Together AI) AI models

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.5
vs
Meta (via Together AI)
Llama 3.1 8B

Cost Comparison (1000 input + 500 output tokens, 100 requests/day)

Claude Sonnet 4.5

Per Request:$0.0105
Daily:$1.05
Monthly:$31.50
Yearly:$383.25

Llama 3.1 8B

Per Request:$0.000150
Daily:$0.015
Monthly:$0.45
Yearly:$5.475

Cost Differences

$0.01035
Per Request
$1.035
Daily
$31.05
Monthly
$377.775
Yearly

Llama 3.1 8B costs less than Claude Sonnet 4.5

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude Sonnet 4.5Llama 3.1 8B
ProviderAnthropicMeta (via Together AI)
Input Price$3.00/1M tokens$0.10/1M tokens
Output Price$15.00/1M tokens$0.10/1M tokens
Context Window200,000 tokens128,000 tokens
Max Output64,000 tokens32,768 tokens
Categorybalancedefficient
Capabilities
textvisioncode
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Release Date9/29/20257/23/2024

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Claude Sonnet 4.5 (Anthropic)

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