AWS Bedrock vs Lambda
Same workloads, both price lists, refreshed daily. On shared line items today: AWS Bedrock is cheaper on 0 of 7 shared models (input or output price), Lambda on 7.
AWS Bedrock
Claude, Llama, Mistral, Nova and more inside AWS with IAM, VPC and compliance controls. The default when your stack already lives on AWS.
- Enterprise IAM/VPC integration
- Multiple model families
- Provisioned throughput options
Lambda
AI-first GPU cloud known for simple flat pricing, fast multi-node clusters and first access to new NVIDIA hardware. Popular with research labs; on-demand H100s and B200 clusters.
- Simple transparent pricing
- 1-Click Clusters with InfiniBand
- Early access to newest NVIDIA GPUs
Shared models, priced by both
List prices refreshed 2026-08-23 ยท input $/1M tokens| Model | AWS Bedrock in/out | Lambda in/out | Cheaper input |
|---|---|---|---|
| Llama3.2-3b-Instruct | $0.150 / $0.150 | $0.015 / $0.025 | Lambda |
| Llama3.1-8b | $0.220 / $0.220 | $0.025 / $0.040 | Lambda |
| DeepSeek V3 | $0.580 / $1.68 | $0.200 / $0.600 | Lambda |
| Llama3.3-70b | $0.720 / $0.720 | $0.120 / $0.300 | Lambda |
| Llama3.1-70b | $0.990 / $0.990 | $0.120 / $0.300 | Lambda |
| DeepSeek R1 | $1.35 / $5.40 | $0.200 / $0.600 | Lambda |
| Llama3.1-405b | $5.32 / $16.00 | $0.800 / $0.800 | Lambda |
Cheaper-on-count is a tally of listed prices, not a quality verdict: throughput, reliability and quantization differ between providers. Disclosure.