Is Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct or Llama 4 Scout 17B cheaper?

Llama 4 Scout 17B is cheaper on output tokens ($0.30 vs $0.60 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct or Llama 4 Scout 17B?

Llama 4 Scout 17B has the larger context window (328K tokens).

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct vs Llama 4 Scout 17B

Llama 4 Scout 17B is cheaper on output tokens, while Llama 4 Scout 17B offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct or Llama 4 Scout 17B based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct	Llama 4 Scout 17B
Provider	Deep Infra	Deep Infra
Input / 1M tokens	$0.15	$0.10
Output / 1M tokens	$0.60	$0.30
Context window	262K	328K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Oct 2025	Apr 2025

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct details →Llama 4 Scout 17B details →

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