Head to head
Qwen3.5-FlashvsLlama 3.1 8B Instruct
For tasks, about a month.
Verdict · measured basis
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct costs $0.0000 per solved task against
Qwen3.5-Flash at $0.0015 — ▼ 38x cheaper.
Over 200 tasks that is $0.28 a month.
On output token price alone Llama 3.1 8B Instruct looks 3.3x cheaper. The ranking holds, but the margin changes.
Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for Qwen3.5-Flash and Llama 3.1 8B Instruct| Figure | Qwen3.5-Flash | Llama 3.1 8B Instruct |
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| Input $/Mtok | $0.065 | $0.05 |
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| Output $/Mtok | $0.26 | $0.08 |
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| Cached input $/Mtok | $0.065 | $0.025 |
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| Pass rate | 89% | 42% |
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| Cost per solved task | $0.0015measured | $0.0000measured |
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| Cost per month | $0.29 | $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