llama-4.1-405b pricing

llama-4.1-405b is priced at $2.80 per 1M input tokens and $8.00 per 1M output tokens, with roughly 320 ms to first token and about 60 tokens/sec output throughput.

Price per 1M tokens

Input $2.80 · Output $8.00 · Output/input ratio 2.9x.

  • 1M input + 1M output tokens: $10.80
  • 10M input + 2M output tokens/month: $44.00
  • 100M input + 20M output tokens/month: $440.00

Cheaper alternatives to llama-4.1-405b

Same workload, lower output price. Validate quality before switching.

  • mistral-large-4 — $6.00/1M output (25% cheaper)
  • gpt-5-mini — $3.20/1M output (60% cheaper)
  • amazon-nova-pro — $3.20/1M output (60% cheaper)
  • claude-haiku-4.5 — $2.50/1M output (69% cheaper)

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