Is Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct or Claude Opus 4.8 cheaper?

Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.70 vs $25.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct or Claude Opus 4.8?

Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct has the larger context window (1.3M tokens).

Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct vs Claude Opus 4.8

Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct offers a larger context window. Choose Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct or Claude Opus 4.8 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct	Claude Opus 4.8
Provider	Vertex	Vertex
Input / 1M tokens	$0.25	$5.00
Output / 1M tokens	$0.70	$25.00
Context window	1.3M	1M
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Apr 2025	May 2026

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