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ELYZA Japanese Llama 2 7B vs Together AI - Llama 3 8B Lite

ELYZA Japanese Llama 2 7B (2023) and Together AI - Llama 3 8B Lite (2025) are compact production models from ELYZA and AI at Meta. ELYZA Japanese Llama 2 7B ships a not-yet-sourced context window, while Together AI - Llama 3 8B Lite ships a 8k-token context window. This comparison covers specs, pricing, API access, capabilities, benchmarks, input and output token costs, and production fit for coding and agent workloads.

Together AI - Llama 3 8B Lite is ~100% cheaper at $0.10/1M; pay for ELYZA Japanese Llama 2 7B only for provider fit.

Decision scorecard

Local evidence first
SignalELYZA Japanese Llama 2 7BTogether AI - Llama 3 8B Lite
Best forprovider-routed productiontool-calling agents
Decision fitGeneralAgents, Classification, and JSON / JSON / Tool use
Context window8k
Cheapest output$0.20/1M tokens$0.10/1M tokens
Provider routes2 tracked1 tracked
Shared benchmarks0 shared0 shared

Decision tradeoffs

Choose ELYZA Japanese Llama 2 7B when...
  • ELYZA Japanese Llama 2 7B has broader tracked provider coverage for fallback and route flexibility.
Choose Together AI - Llama 3 8B Lite when...
  • Together AI - Llama 3 8B Lite has the larger context window for long prompts, retrieval packs, or transcript analysis.
  • Together AI - Llama 3 8B Lite has the lower cheapest tracked output price at $0.10/1M tokens.
  • Together AI - Llama 3 8B Lite uniquely exposes JSON / Tool use and Structured outputs in local model data.
  • Local decision data tags Together AI - Llama 3 8B Lite for Agents, Classification, and JSON / Tool use.

Monthly cost at traffic

Estimate token spend from the cheapest tracked input and output route or tier on this page.

Lower estimate Together AI - Llama 3 8B Lite

ELYZA Japanese Llama 2 7B

$210

Cheapest tracked route/tier: Fireworks AI

Together AI - Llama 3 8B Lite

$105

Cheapest tracked route/tier: Together AI

Estimated monthly gap: $105. Batch, cache, alternate speed tiers, and negotiated pricing are excluded from this local estimate.

Switch friction

ELYZA Japanese Llama 2 7B -> Together AI - Llama 3 8B Lite
  • No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for ELYZA Japanese Llama 2 7B and Together AI - Llama 3 8B Lite; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
  • Together AI - Llama 3 8B Lite is $0.10/1M tokens lower on cheapest tracked output pricing before cache, batch, or negotiated discounts.
  • Together AI - Llama 3 8B Lite adds JSON / JSON / Tool use and Structured outputs in local capability data.
Together AI - Llama 3 8B Lite -> ELYZA Japanese Llama 2 7B
  • No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Together AI - Llama 3 8B Lite and ELYZA Japanese Llama 2 7B; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
  • ELYZA Japanese Llama 2 7B is $0.10/1M tokens higher on cheapest tracked output pricing, so quality gains need to justify the spend.
  • Check replacement coverage for JSON / JSON / Tool use and Structured outputs before moving production traffic.

Specs

Specification
Released2023-08-022025-07-15
Context window8k
Parameters7B8B
ArchitectureDecoder OnlyDecoder Only
LicenseLlama 2 CommunityLlama 3 Community
OpennessOpen weightsOpen weights
WeightsUnknownUnknown
CodeUnknownUnknown
Commercial useCommercial use: conditionalCommercial use: conditional
Knowledge cutoff-2024-03

Pricing and availability

Pricing attributeELYZA Japanese Llama 2 7BTogether AI - Llama 3 8B Lite
Input price$0.20/1M tokens$0.10/1M tokens
Output price$0.20/1M tokens$0.10/1M tokens
Providers

Capabilities

CapabilityELYZA Japanese Llama 2 7BTogether AI - Llama 3 8B Lite
VisionNoNo
MultimodalNoNo
ReasoningNoNo
JSON / Tool useNoYes
Structured outputsNoYes
Code executionNoNo
IDE integrationNoNo
Computer useNoNo
Parallel agentsNoNo

Benchmarks

No shared benchmark scores are currently available for this pair.

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Last reviewed: 2026-07-09. Data sourced from public model cards and provider documentation.