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Llama 3 8B Instruct vs GPT-OSS-120b

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Llama 3 8B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens

GPT-OSS-120b wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
  • Has reasoning mode
Price Advantage
Llama 3 8B Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-OSS-120b
Context Window
GPT-OSS-120b
Speed
GPT-OSS-120b

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureLlama 3 8B InstructGPT-OSS-120b
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyLlama 3 8B InstructGPT-OSS-120b
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorMeta-llamaOpenAI
ReleasedApr 2024Aug 2025

Llama 3 8B Instruct Modalities

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GPT-OSS-120b Modalities

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Frequently Asked Questions

Llama 3 8B Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $0.03/M tokens. Llama 3 8B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.04/M tokens.
GPT-OSS-120b scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 15.5, compared to Llama 3 8B Instruct's score of 4.0.
Llama 3 8B Instruct has a 8,192 token context window, while GPT-OSS-120b has a 131,072 token context window.
Llama 3 8B Instruct does not support vision. GPT-OSS-120b supports vision.