Gemma 3 4B IT grades higher overall (21.5 against 0.0). Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo costs 60% less for the same work, and both read a 128K-token context.
Gemma 3 4B IT
by Google · #64 of 67 overall
Coming soon · price at launch
Context
128K
Input / 1M
$0.050
Output / 1M
$0.10
Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo
by Meta · #67 of 67 overall
Coming soon · price at launch
Context
128K
Input / 1M
$0.020
Output / 1M
$0.040
Better overall
Gemma 3 4B IT
Grade 21.5 vs 0.0
Cheaper
Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo
60% less, $0.025 vs $0.063 blended
Larger context
Same
128K vs 128K tokens
Head to head
Public benchmarks. Longer is better; each value links to its source.
LMArena TextElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Gemma 3 4B ITMeta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbov = reported by the model’s maker. — = no public score yet. Arena bars span the range across every model we grade.
What it costs you
Drag to match your monthly usage.
Gemma 3 4B IT$14.00 /month
Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo$5.60 /month
Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo saves you $8.40 a month at this usage, $101 a year.
At a glance
Attribute
Gemma 3 4B IT
Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo
Made by
Google
Meta
Availability
Coming soon
Coming soon
Overall grade
Good · 21.5
Good · 0.0
Overall rank
#64 of 67
#67 of 67
Input price
$0.050 per 1M
$0.020 per 1M
Output price
$0.10 per 1M
$0.040 per 1M
Context window
131,072 tokens
131,072 tokens
Reasoning levels
No
No
Reads images
Yes
No
Model ID
gemma-3-4b-it
meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct-turbo
Try both with one key
Same endpoint, same key, both hosted in the USA. Change one word to switch models, in Claude Code, Cursor, Cline or your own code.
# Ask either model the same thingcurlhttps://fullsendai.com/v1/chat/completions \-H"Authorization: Bearer $FULLSEND_API_KEY" \-d'{"model": "gemma-3-4b-it", "messages": [...]}'# …then swap one word-d'{"model": "meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct-turbo", "messages": [...]}'
Questions
Is Gemma 3 4B IT or Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo better?
Gemma 3 4B IT grades 21.5 against 0.0 for Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo, from public benchmarks.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 4B IT or Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo?
Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo: $0.020 in and $0.040 out per million tokens, against $0.050 and $0.10 through FullsendAI.
Which has the larger context window?
Neither: both take 131,072 tokens.
Can I use both with one API key?
Yes, once they launch: both are coming soon, at the prices shown, and both will use the same FullsendAI key.
