The honest, $0-markup cost to run Llama 3.1 405B Instruct (Meta, 405B) and Llama 4 Maverick (17B-128E) (Meta, 402B), side by side — free on your own machine, on your own rented GPU at the vendor's price, or via your own API key.
| Llama 3.1 405B Instruct | Llama 4 Maverick (17B-128E) | |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 405B | 402B |
| Context window | 131.1K | 1M |
| License | Commercial OK | Commercial OK |
| VRAM to run | ~290 GB (Q4_K_M) | ~274 GB (Q4_K_M) |
| Rent a GPU | $3.43/hr | $3.43/hr |
| Your API key | $0.80/1M (last-known) | $0.38/1M |
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