# Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite vs Nvidia Nemotron Nano 9B V2

On provider list prices, Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite costs $0.14 per million input tokens against $0.06 for Nvidia Nemotron Nano 9B V2: effectively level. Output is $0.14 against $0.25 (1.8x). On Allocate both bill at list plus the 7% transaction fee.

## Specifications

| | Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite | Nvidia Nemotron Nano 9B V2 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lab | Meta | Nvidia |
| Access | Open weights | Open weights |
| Context window | 8K tokens | 128K tokens |
| List price, input | $0.14 / M tokens | $0.06 / M tokens |
| List price, output | $0.14 / M tokens | $0.25 / M tokens |
| Cached input | n/a | n/a |
| License | Llama community | Custom license |
| Fine-tunable | Yes | Yes |

Specifications and provider list prices from the Allocate catalog, checked 2026-07-08. Billed price is list plus the 7% transaction fee.

## What the numbers say

Take 1,000,000 requests a month at 1,200 input and 350 output tokens each. That workload costs $159.50 a month on Nvidia Nemotron Nano 9B V2 and $217 on Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite at list: a gap of $57.50, or 1.4x.

Nvidia Nemotron Nano 9B V2 reads 128K tokens per request against 8K for Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite, 16.0x the window. That decides which one can take whole documents without splitting them.

## Choose Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite for

- Training toward a model you own

## Choose Nvidia Nemotron Nano 9B V2 for

- The lower list price ($0.06 in / $0.25 out per M tokens)
- The longer context window (128K vs 8K tokens)

## Common questions

### Which is cheaper, Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite or Nvidia Nemotron Nano 9B V2?

Nvidia Nemotron Nano 9B V2, on this workload shape. At list prices it is $0.06/$0.25 per million tokens in and out against $0.14/$0.14 for Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite. Billed on Allocate: $0.064/$0.27 against $0.15/$0.15, list plus 7%.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Nvidia Nemotron Nano 9B V2: 131,072 tokens (128K) against 8,192 (8K) for Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite.

### Can I fine-tune Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite or Nvidia Nemotron Nano 9B V2?

Both publish open weights (Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite: Llama community; Nvidia Nemotron Nano 9B V2: Custom license), so both can be fine-tuned. On Allocate the trained weights stay inside your boundary and belong to you.

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