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HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct vs GPT-4o-mini

HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct (Microsoft) and GPT-4o-mini (OpenAI) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 17 August 2026

As of 17 August 2026, HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#215 vs #216).

Which should you choose?

Choose HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #215 against #216 (2.7 vs 1.1 points).
  • you want the more recently listed model — HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct was listed 2 July 2026, GPT-4o-mini 18 July 2024.

Choose GPT-4o-mini if…

  • you want provider choice — 2 listed API providers against 0.

HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct vs GPT-4o-mini: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct and GPT-4o-mini
FieldHARC Llama 3.1 8B InstructMicrosoftGPT-4o-miniOpenAI
ModelCap Index position#215#216
Index score2.71.1
EvidenceInheritedMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.15
Output price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.60
Context window— tokens128K tokens
Max output tokens—16K
API providers listed02
Weight accessRestricted licenseAPI only
Input modalitiesTextText, Image, File
First listed2 July 202618 July 2024
PublisherMicrosoftOpenAI

Evidence: merge · merge · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct vs GPT-4o-mini

Public benchmark boards where HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct or GPT-4o-mini has a published result
BoardHARC Llama 3.1 8B InstructGPT-4o-miniLeads
ARC-AGI-2ARC Prize Foundation—0.0%Only one result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis—6.7intelligence-indexOnly one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct vs GPT-4o-mini: common questions

Is HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct better than GPT-4o-mini?

HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 17 August 2026: #215 against #216. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it.

Is HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct cheaper than GPT-4o-mini?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct or GPT-4o-mini?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct or GPT-4o-mini?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct and GPT-4o-mini open-weight models?

HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct: Restricted license. GPT-4o-mini: API only. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct and GPT-4o-mini?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct and 2 for GPT-4o-mini, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct vs GPT-4o-mini comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 17 August 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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