Compare · ModelsLive · 2 picked · head to head

Llama 4 Scout vs Llama 3.2 3B Instruct (free)

Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.

Winner summary

Not enough overlapping benchmarks to declare a winner yet · Llama 4 Scout · Llama 3.2 3B Instruct (free) are still filling in scores.

Hype vs Reality
Llama 4 Scout
#215 by perf·no signal
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Llama 3.2 3B Instruct (free)
#232 by perf·no signal
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Best value
Llama 4 Scout
99.5 pts/$
$0.19/M
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct (free)
$0.00/M
Vendor risk
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Meta AI
$1.50T·Tier 1
Low risk
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Meta AI
$1.50T·Tier 1
Low risk
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
Meta logoLlama 4 Scout$0.08$0.30328K tokens (~164 books)$1.35
Meta logoLlama 3.2 3B Instruct (free)$0.00$0.00131K tokens (~66 books)