The closest alternative to Llama 3 8B Lunaris is Llama 3.1 70B Hanami x1 — comparable intelligence (— vs —); for a cheaper option, Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) runs Free/M vs $0.040/M; for more speed, Morph V3 Large hits 2.6k t/s; and the best open-weight substitute is MiniMax M3.
Llama 3.1 70B Hanami x1 is the closest alternative to Llama 3 8B Lunaris, with an Intelligence Index of — (Llama 3 8B Lunaris scores —) at $3.00 per million input tokens.
Yes — Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) costs Free per million input tokens versus $0.040 for Llama 3 8B Lunaris, while staying within ~8 points of its Intelligence Index.
MiniMax M3 is the strongest open-weight alternative to Llama 3 8B Lunaris — downloadable from Hugging Face and self-hostable, scoring 54.7 on intelligence.