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Llama 3.1 8B (Groq) Pricing & Cost Calculator

Simulate enterprise token spend for Llama 3.1 8B (Groq). Calculate prompt caching ROI, conversation compounding across multi-turn sessions, and batch execution savings.

Baseline Rate $0.05 in / $0.08 out Per 1,000,000 Tokens
Preset Architecture:

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1 Token ≈ standard BPE tokenizer token

Volume & Architecture Sliders

Daily Requests / Sessions25,000 / day
10 req/day750,000 req/mo500k req/day
System Prompt + RAG Context4,000 tokens
0Pinned Prefix100,000
User Input per Turn350 tokens
Model Output per Turn600 tokens
Conversation Turns per Session2 Turns (Compounding)

Multi-turn compounding re-sends conversation history each turn: cumulative context grows quadratically.

Prompt Cache Hit Rate60%
0% (No Cache)50%95% Max SLA
Batch API (24h Async Queue)50% discount on supported models (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google)
Primary Model A
Meta / Groq

Llama 3.1 8B (Groq)

$433.88/ month
Run-Rate: $5,207/yr
Cost / 1k Reqs$0.579
Peak Context5.3k tokens
Comparison Model B
Meta / Groq

Llama 3.1 8B (Groq)

$433.88/ month
Run-Rate: $5,207/yr
Cost / 1k Reqs$0.579
Peak Context5.3k tokens
Llama 3.1 8B (Groq) is 0.0% cheaper
Net Delta: $0.00/mo ($0.00/year)
0.0% Margin Impact

Token Spend Composition (Llama 3.1 8B (Groq))

Total 8.14B tokens/mo
Fresh Input
$144.75
2.90B toks (33%)
Cached Input
$217.13
4.34B toks (50%)
Model Output
$72.00
900.00M toks (17%)

Volume Tier Cost Projection Table

Standard enterprise benchmark: 3k prompt tokens, 500 output tokens, 2 turns, 50% prompt cache hit.

Updated Daily
Daily Volume Monthly Requests Monthly Cost Annual Run-Rate Cost per 1k Reqs
1,000 req/day 30,000 / mo $13.95 $167.40 $0.465
10,000 req/day 300,000 / mo $139.50 $1,674 $0.465
100,000 req/day 3,000,000 / mo $1,395 $16,740 $0.465
1,000,000 req/day 30,000,000 / mo $13,950 $167,400 $0.465
Max Context Window 128.0k tokens

Flat unit economics across the entire context window with zero cliff surcharge.

Prompt Cache Read Discount 0% Off

Cached reads cost $0.050/1M vs $0.05/1M for standard input.

Batch API SLA Standard

Batch API discounts are currently not natively supported for this provider endpoint.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the official token pricing for Llama 3.1 8B (Groq)?

Llama 3.1 8B (Groq) standard pricing is $0.05 per 1 million input tokens and $0.08 per 1 million output tokens. Prompt cache reads are billed at $0.050 per 1M tokens (0% discount).

How much does Llama 3.1 8B (Groq) cost per 1,000 requests?

For a typical enterprise workload (3,000 prompt tokens, 500 output tokens, 2 turns with 50% prompt cache hit), Llama 3.1 8B (Groq) costs approximately $0.465 per 1,000 requests.

Does Llama 3.1 8B (Groq) have a context-window cliff surcharge?

No. Llama 3.1 8B (Groq) features flat, predictable unit economics up to its maximum context window of 128,000 tokens without tiered rate spikes.

What is the best budget alternative model for Llama 3.1 8B (Groq)?

For high-volume non-reasoning tasks or classification, the recommended budget routing alternative is llama-3-1-8b-groq. Routing 70% of simpler intents to this tier typically reduces monthly invoices by over 50%.