Meta Llama
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8
$0.0625 / 1M tokens
cheapest at Lambda · $0.05 in · $0.10 out
Wins 2 of 3
Head to head · prices updated Oct 31, 2026
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8 vs Qwen3.8 27B
Qwen3.8 27B costs 16.8× as much as Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8 at their cheapest providers (blended 3 input : 1 output tokens).
Alibaba Qwen
Qwen3.8 27B
$1.05 / 1M tokens
cheapest at DeepInfra · $0.40 in · $3.00 out
Wins 1 of 3
- Lower priceLlama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8
- Longer contextLlama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8
- More providersQwen3.8 27B
Verdict
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8 is the better deal on price
Qwen3.8 27B costs 16.8× as much as Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8 at their cheapest providers (blended 3 input : 1 output tokens).
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8 accepts longer prompts (1049K vs 1000K tokens).
Your monthly bill
What would each cost you?
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8 saves you $9.30 a month ($111.60 a year) for this workload.
Side by side
| Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8 | Qwen3.8 27B | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest blended price / 1M | $0.0625 | $1.05 |
| Input / output per 1M | $0.05 / $0.10 | $0.40 / $3.00 |
| Accuracy (GPQA Diamond) | 67.0% | not measured |
| Max context | 1M | 1M |
| Providers we track | 6 | 7 |
Standard list prices at each model's cheapest provider we track; blended = 3 input : 1 output tokens. GPQA Diamond from Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0), best measured reasoning setting, named next to each score. Methodology.
Where to buy each one
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8
- Lambda$0.0625
- DeepInfra$0.35
- Novita AI$0.415
- Microsoft Azure AI Foundry$0.4375
- IBM watsonx.ai$0.6493
Qwen3.8 27B
- DeepInfra$1.05
- W&B Inference (CoreWeave)$1.05
- Novita AI$1.07
- Nebius Token Factory$1.09
- Cerebras$1.12
Questions people ask
Is Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8 cheaper than Qwen3.8 27B?
Qwen3.8 27B costs 16.8× as much as Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8 at their cheapest providers (blended 3 input : 1 output tokens).
How much does Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8 cost per 1M tokens?
From $0.05 input and $0.10 output per 1M tokens at Lambda, the cheapest of 6 providers we track.
How much does Qwen3.8 27B cost per 1M tokens?
From $0.40 input and $3.00 output per 1M tokens at DeepInfra, the cheapest of 7 providers we track.
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