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Llama 3 8B vs GPT-5.2 Pro

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Llama 3 8B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens

GPT-5.2 Pro wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
  • Supports tool calls
Price Advantage
Llama 3 8B
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5.2 Pro
Context Window
GPT-5.2 Pro
Speed
GPT-5.2 Pro

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricLlama 3 8BGPT-5.2 ProWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.05$10.50 Llama 3 8B
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.08$84.00 Llama 3 8B
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.10N/A Llama 3 8B
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Llama 3 8B is 100% cheaper overall.

Llama 3 8B Providers

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GPT-5.2 Pro Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Llama 3 8B Wins
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GPT-5.2 Pro Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkLlama 3 8BGPT-5.2 ProWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
-51.3-
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
-48.7-
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
-99.0-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
-87.4-
GPQA
Graduate-level science
-90.3-
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
-88.9-
GPT-5.2 Pro significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Llama 3 8B
N/A
tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro
400,000
tokens

Speed Performance

MetricLlama 3 8BGPT-5.2 ProWinner
Tokens/secondN/A72.0 tok/s
Time to First TokenN/A119.13s

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureLlama 3 8BGPT-5.2 Pro
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyLlama 3 8BGPT-5.2 Pro
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorMeta-llamaOpenAI
ReleasedUnknownDec 2025

Llama 3 8B Modalities

Input
Output

GPT-5.2 Pro Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Llama 3 8B has cheaper input pricing at $0.05/M tokens. Llama 3 8B has cheaper output pricing at $0.08/M tokens.
GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 48.7, compared to Llama 3 8B's score of N/A.
Llama 3 8B has a unknown token context window, while GPT-5.2 Pro has a 400,000 token context window.
Llama 3 8B does not support vision. GPT-5.2 Pro supports vision.
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