Is Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct or DeepSeek: R1 cheaper?

Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.34 vs $2.50 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct or DeepSeek: R1?

Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct has the larger context window (80K tokens).

Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct vs DeepSeek: R1

Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct offers a larger context window. Choose Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct or DeepSeek: R1 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct	DeepSeek: R1
Provider	Kilo Gateway	Kilo Gateway
Input / 1M tokens	$0.05	$0.70
Output / 1M tokens	$0.34	$2.50
Context window	80K	64K
Parameters	—	671B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Sep 2024	Jan 2025

Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct details →DeepSeek: R1 details →

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