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Aya Expanse 32B vs Aya Expanse 8B

A complete head-to-head: pricing, context window, benchmarks, modality coverage, and openness, with a programmatic verdict synthesized from the underlying data.

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Aya Expanse 32B specs · Aya Expanse 8B specs
Verdict by category
  • PriceTie

    Neither model publishes per-token API pricing.

  • Context windowAya Expanse 32B

    Aya Expanse 32B accepts 128K tokens vs 8.2K, 15.6× the room for long documents and codebases.

  • BenchmarksTie

    No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores.

  • ModalitiesTie

    Both handle text.

  • OpennessTie

    Both ship open weights, self-host either one.

On balance Aya Expanse 32B edges ahead, winning 1 of 5 categories against Aya Expanse 8B's 0. Neither model publishes per-token API pricing. Aya Expanse 32B accepts 128K tokens vs 8.2K, 15.6× the room for long documents and codebases.

No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores. Both target the same set of modalities (text), so the deciding factors are price, context, and raw quality. Both ship open weights, self-host either one.

Both shipped within roughly a month of each other in 2024, so they share the same generation of training data and tooling. Aya Expanse 32B is usually picked for multilingual and translation workloads, while Aya Expanse 8B sees more deployments in multilingual and translation. If pricing matters more than every last benchmark point, run the numbers in the calculator below before committing.

Side-by-side specs

SpecAya Expanse 32BAya Expanse 8B
ProviderCohereCohere
ReleasedOct 2024Oct 2024
Modalitiestexttext
Context window128K tokens8.2K tokens
Max output,,
Input · 1MPricing not publishedPricing not published
Output · 1MPricing not publishedPricing not published
Knowledge cutoff,,
Open weightsYes (CC-BY-NC 4.0)Yes (CC-BY-NC 4.0)
API availableYesYes

Pricing at scale

What you'd actually pay at typical workloads. Numbers come from each model's published per-million-token rates.

  • Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day, vs ,
  • Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day, vs ,
  • RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day, vs ,

Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates). Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates). RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates).

Price calculator

Estimated spend for the listed models at your usage. Numbers are derived from each model's published per-million-token rates.

  • Aya Expanse 32BPricing unavailable
  • Aya Expanse 8BPricing unavailable

Benchmarks compared

Only sourced numbers. Where a benchmark is missing for one model we show the available value rather than fabricating the other.

Benchmark scores not yet available. We only publish numbers we can source from official model cards or independent leaderboards, see methodology.
Pick Aya Expanse 32B if

Aya Expanse 32B fits when…

  • Strong multilingual
  • 23 supported languages
  • Long-context tasks, handles 128K tokens vs 8.2K for Aya Expanse 8B.
Pick Aya Expanse 8B if

Aya Expanse 8B fits when…

  • Multilingual at small size
  • Strong cross-lingual transfer
  • Efficient on commodity GPUs
Don't want either?

Consider Command R+ (08-2024)

Cohere's flagship optimized for RAG and tool use in enterprise settings.

See Command R+ (08-2024) specsAya Expanse 32B vs Command R+ (08-2024)Aya Expanse 8B vs Command R+ (08-2024)

Frequently asked

  • Is Aya Expanse 32B or Aya Expanse 8B cheaper?
    Per-token pricing isn't published for at least one of these models, check each model's spec page for current rates.
  • Which has the larger context window?
    Aya Expanse 32B accepts 128K tokens vs 8.2K for Aya Expanse 8B.
  • Is Aya Expanse 32B or Aya Expanse 8B better for coding?
    Both Aya Expanse 32B and Aya Expanse 8B are competitive on coding benchmarks. See each model's individual spec page for HumanEval and SWE-bench scores where published. For an opinionated pick, consult our Best LLM for Coding ranking.
  • Are either of these models open source?
    Both ship with open weights. Aya Expanse 32B is licensed under CC-BY-NC 4.0; Aya Expanse 8B under CC-BY-NC 4.0.
  • When were Aya Expanse 32B and Aya Expanse 8B released?
    Aya Expanse 32B was released by Cohere on 2024-10-23. Aya Expanse 8B was released by Cohere on 2024-10-23.
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