Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite pricing
Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite from Together AI costs $0.140 per 1M input tokens and $0.140 per 1M output tokens.
API id llama-3-8b-instruct-lite · Together AI · source · updated 2026-09-25 · general-purpose
$0.140
Input / 1M tokens
$0.140
Output / 1M tokens
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Cached input / 1M
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Context window
Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite specifications
- Provider
- Together AI
- API id
llama-3-8b-instruct-lite- Model type
- general-purpose
- Context window
- — tokens
- Max output
- not published
- Currency
- USD
- Price source
- First-party
- Last checked
- 2026-09-25
Tags
- fast
What Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite costs in practice
| Workload | Input tokens | Output tokens | Estimated cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short chat turn | 1,000 | 500 | $0.0002 |
| Document summary | 50,000 | 2,000 | $0.0073 |
| 1M tokens in, 200K out | 1,000,000 | 200,000 | $0.17 |
Estimates use the standard tier and ignore caching discounts, so real bills with repeated prompt prefixes are typically lower.
Common questions
- How much does Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite cost per 1M tokens?
- Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite costs $0.140 per 1M input tokens and $0.140 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier.
- What is Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite's context window?
- Together AI does not publish a context window for Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite on its pricing page.
- Is there a cheaper Together AI model than Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite?
- Yes. Qwen3.8 Flash is $0.090 per 1M input tokens versus $0.140 for Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite.
- Where does this Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite price come from?
- Directly from Together AI's published pricing page, re-read every day and normalized to USD per 1,000,000 tokens.
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