Llama 3 Instruct 8B wins more areas, narrowly.
Scores updated · 13 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the two areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
Coding rests on a single test.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
Llama 3 Instruct 8B costs 68% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Llama 3 Instruct 8B pulls ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+3.9points ahead
Where Jamba 1.5 Mini pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 13 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
Other results10 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- GSM8KJamba 1.5 Mini by 25.975.849.9+25.9
- OpenBookQAJamba 1.5 Mini by 12.48976.6+12.4
- TruthfulQALlama 3 Instruct 8B by 9.154.163.2+9.1
- MATHLlama 3 Instruct 8B by 7.331.839.1+7.3
- MMLU-ProJamba 1.5 Mini by 7.142.535.4+7.1
- ARC-ChallengeJamba 1.5 Mini by 2.985.782.8+2.9
- MMLULlama 3 Instruct 8B by 258.260.1+2
- naturalquestions_closedbookJamba 1.5 Mini by 138.837.8+1
- NarrativeQAtie74.675.4tie
- AA Intelligencetie5.24.8tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Jamba 1.5 Mini or Llama 3 Instruct 8B?
Llama 3 Instruct 8B wins one of the two areas where both have results: coding. Jamba 1.5 Mini wins none. They are level on reasoning.
Which is better for coding?
Llama 3 Instruct 8B. It wins the one coding test both models report.
Which is cheaper?
Jamba 1.5 Mini costs $0.20 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; Llama 3 Instruct 8B costs $0.04 and $0.14. That makes Llama 3 Instruct 8B about 68% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 13 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 3 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 10 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.