Benchmarks of Aya Expanse 8B3
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BetterGPT-5 Minihighwins 68%—$0.053
OpenGemma 3 12Bunstatedwins 70%—$0.05 / $0.10Memory (4-bit): 4 GB → 6.1 GBBetterGPT-6 Lunamaxwins 78%—$0.068Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3BetterGPT-5.6 Lunaxhighwins 78%—$0.085BetterGPT-5.6 Terraxhighwins 80%—$0.63Prompts with >272K input tokensModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
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ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
GPT-5 Minihighwins 68%—$0.053GPT-6 Lunamaxwins 78%—$0.068Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3GPT-5.6 Lunaxhighwins 78%—$0.085GPT-5.6 Terraxhighwins 80%—$0.63Prompts with >272K input tokensGPT-6.1 Solmaxwins 82%—$0.72Remove unsupported parameters+5ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
Gemma 3 12BunstatedOpenwins 70%—$0.05 / $0.10Memory (4-bit): 4 GB → 6.1 GBGemma 3n E4B InstructunstatedOpenwins 65%——
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4Openwins 63%——Memory (4-bit): 4 GB → 11 GBGemma 3 4BunstatedOpenwins 62%—$0.04 / $0.05
Granite 4.1 8BunstatedOpenwins 60%——Memory (4-bit): 4 GB → 4.4 GBRun it yourself
estimateFits on✓ 8 GB (phone, laptop) · compressed✓ 16 GB · 8-bit✓ 24 GB GPU · full quality✓ 48 GB GPU · full quality✓ 80 GB GPU · full quality
LicenceCC BY-NC 4.0no commercial use
Benchmarks
all categoriesChat & Knowledge
Arena Text · overall1,223#181
MMLU-Pro · official board33.7#28
Writing & Language
Arena Text · creative writing1,189#180
FAQ
How much does Aya Expanse 8B cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is Aya Expanse 8B free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is Aya Expanse 8B, and what is it best at?›
#181 of 196 in Chat & Knowledge, #180 of 195 in Writing & Language.
Is Aya Expanse 8B better than Mixtral 8x22B Instruct?›
On Arena Text · creative writing, Aya Expanse 8B scores 1,189 vs 1,190 — about the same.
When was Aya Expanse 8B released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2024-10-23. It is the current version in its line.
Is Aya Expanse 8B open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (cc-by-nc-4.0 licence).
Can I run Aya Expanse 8B locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
Can Aya Expanse 8B read images?›
No, it accepts text only.
What is Aya Expanse 8B?›
Aya Expanse 8B is an open-weights language model from CohereLabs, released Oct 2024.
What are the best alternatives to Aya Expanse 8B?›
GPT-5 Mini (better), Gemma 3 12B (open weights).