Is Meta: Llama 4 Scout or Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct cheaper?

Meta: Llama 4 Scout is cheaper on output tokens ($0.30 vs $0.34 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Meta: Llama 4 Scout or Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct?

Meta: Llama 4 Scout has the larger context window (10M tokens).

Meta: Llama 4 Scout vs Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

Meta: Llama 4 Scout is cheaper on output tokens, while Meta: Llama 4 Scout offers a larger context window. Choose Meta: Llama 4 Scout or Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Meta: Llama 4 Scout	Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Provider	Meta	Meta
Input / 1M tokens	$0.10	$0.05
Output / 1M tokens	$0.30	$0.34
Context window	10M	131K
Parameters	109B	—
Open weights	Yes	—
Released	Apr 2025	—

Meta: Llama 4 Scout details →Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct details →

FAQ

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