Analysis Summary
Sao10K's Llama 3 8B Lunaris is a small, text-only model released in 2024. Its main practical advantages are low token pricing and straightforward access, while the 8,192-token context window limits its ability to process lengthy briefs, documents, or code files in one request. No benchmark results, tool support, function calling, or vision capability are provided for this variant.
It can handle short-form copy, simple rewrites, metadata drafts, basic extraction, and routine classification where occasional manual review is acceptable. It is not a preferred choice for nuanced brand voice, complex reasoning, autonomous workflows, or multi-step coding tasks. The low cost makes it suitable for experiments and high-volume low-risk automation, but the absence of measured capability data makes production quality difficult to assess. Adopt it only for tightly scoped, inexpensive tasks with strong validation.
Assessed August 9, 2026
Editorial notes
Lunaris is a low-cost Llama 3 8B variant suited to lightweight drafting and classification, with limited context and no documented tool or vision support for demanding client workflows.
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DFO Verdict
Lunaris is a low-cost Llama 3 8B variant suited to lightweight drafting and classification, with limited context and no documented tool or vision support for demanding client workflows.
How Sao10K: Llama 3 8B Lunaris compares
Its 8K-token context window is larger than 21% of the models we list. At $0.04 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 76% of comparable models.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Strongest on value. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.
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| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.04 | $0.000040 |
| Output | $0.05 | $0.000050 |
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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.
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Talk to our teamAbout Sao10K: Llama 3 8B Lunaris
Lunaris 8B is a versatile generalist and roleplaying model based on Llama 3. It's a strategic merge of multiple models, designed to balance creativity with improved logic and general knowledge..
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Frequently asked questions about Sao10K: Llama 3 8B Lunaris
How much does Sao10K: Llama 3 8B Lunaris cost?
Sao10K: Llama 3 8B Lunaris costs $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.05 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Sao10K: Llama 3 8B Lunaris?
Sao10K: Llama 3 8B Lunaris has a context window of 8,192 tokens (8K).
Who created Sao10K: Llama 3 8B Lunaris?
Sao10K: Llama 3 8B Lunaris is developed by Sao10K and was released on August 13, 2024.
Data sourced from the OpenRouter API, Artificial Analysis, the Hugging Face Open LLM Leaderboard and our own internal testing. Scores are editorially curated by our team.
Last updated: August 25, 2026 8:38 pm