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Grok 4.5 vs Groq Llama 3.1 8B Instant

Compare Grok 4.5 from Grok and Groq Llama 3.1 8B Instant from Llama on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

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Grok 4.5
Grok · text, image → text

Grok 4.5 was trained on datasets spanning knowledge in coding, science, engineering, and math. With both intelligent and efficient reasoning, Grok 4.5 excels at real engineering tasks and exceeds comparable leading models at these tasks.

Input$2 /M
Output$6 /M
Cache read$0.5 /M
Llama logo
Groq Llama 3.1 8B Instant
Llama · → text

Input$0.055 /M
Output$0.088 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Grok 4.5
Groq Llama 3.1 8B Instant
Input /M
$2
$0.055
Output /M
$6
$0.088
Cache read /M
$0.5
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Context length
500,000
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Max output
500,000
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Time to First Token
4.4 s
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Throughput
34.2 tok/s
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Modalities
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
API Formats
Released
July 2026
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Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Text
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1160126013601460
Overall
12111471
Coding
12601523
Math
11891479
Hard prompts
12221495
Instruction following
11911466
Multi-turn
11981476
Creative writing
11781451
Longer query
12231487
Chinese
12031512
English
12371476

Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

Groq Llama 3.1 8B Instant
$4.62 /mo
Grok 4.5
$210 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Grok 4.5, Groq Llama 3.1 8B Instant?

Groq Llama 3.1 8B Instant: $0.088/M output tokens; Grok 4.5: $6/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Grok 4.5: 1523; Groq Llama 3.1 8B Instant: 1260 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Can I call Grok 4.5 and Groq Llama 3.1 8B Instant with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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