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Llama 3 8B Instruct vs Sonar Pro (Comparative Analysis)

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Comparative Analysis: Llama 3 8B Instruct vs. Sonar Pro
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Overview

Llama 3 8B Instruct was released 10 months before Sonar Pro.
Llama 3 8B InstructLlama 3 8B Instruct
Sonar ProSonar Pro
Model Provider
The organization behind this AI's development
Meta logoMeta
Perplexity logoPerplexity
Input Context Window
Maximum input tokens this model can process at once
8.2K
tokens
200K
tokens
Output Token Limit
Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once
16.4K
tokens
8K
tokens
Release Date
When this model first became publicly available
April 18th, 2024
March 7th, 2025

Capabilities & Features

Compare supported features, modalities, and advanced capabilities
Llama 3 8B Instruct
Sonar Pro
Input Types
Supported input formats
📝Text
📝Text🖼️Image
Output Types
Supported output formats
📝Text
📝Text
Tokenizer
Text encoding system
Llama3Other
Key Features
Advanced capabilities
✓Function Calling✓Structured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation
Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation
Open Source
Model availability
Available on HuggingFace →Proprietary

Pricing

Llama 3 8B Instruct is roughly 0.01x less expensive compared to Sonar Pro for input tokens and significantly less expensive for output tokens.
Llama 3 8B InstructLlama 3 8B Instruct
Sonar ProSonar Pro
Input Token Cost
Cost per million input tokens
$0.03
per million tokens
$3.00
per million tokens
Output Token Cost
Cost per million outut tokens
$0.06
per million tokens
$15.00
per million tokens

Benchmarks

Compare relevant benchmarks between Llama 3 8B Instruct and Sonar Pro.
Llama 3 8B InstructLlama 3 8B Instruct
Sonar ProSonar Pro
MMLU
Measures knowledge across 57 subjects like law, math, history, and science
Benchmark not available.
Benchmark not available.
MMMU
Measures understanding of combined text and images across various domains
Benchmark not available.
Benchmark not available.
HellaSwag
Measures common sense reasoning by having models complete sentences about everyday situations
Benchmark not available.
Benchmark not available.

At a Glance

Quick overview of what makes Llama 3 8B Instruct and Sonar Pro unique.
Meta logoLlama 3 8B Instruct by Meta can use external tools and APIs, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 8.2K token context window. Very affordable at $0.03/M input and $0.06/M output tokens. Released April 18th, 2024.
Perplexity logoSonar Pro by Perplexity understands both text and images. It can handle standard conversations with its 200K token context window. Premium pricing at $3.00/M input and $15.00/M output tokens. Released March 7th, 2025.