Llama 3.2 3B Instruct pricing & benchmarks
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is available from Meta at $0.051 per million input tokens and $0.335 per million output tokens ($0.122 blended at 3:1). It accepts up to 131,072 tokens of context. Llama 3.2 3B is a 3-billion-parameter multilingual large language model, optimized for advanced natural language processing tasks like dialogue generation, reasoning, and summarization. Designed with the latest transformer architecture, it.…
Pricing
Per million tokens · OpenRouter
Input$0.051
Output$0.335
Blended (3:1)$0.122
Specification
meta-llama/llama-3.2-3b-instruct
Context window131K
Max output72K
ReleasedSep 2024
LicenceOpen weights
Modalitiesin:text, out:text
No independently-run benchmark scores are published for Llama 3.2 3B Instruct yet. We show nothing rather than reprinting an unverified figure.
Where to run Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
2 hosts · all priced within ~5% of each other. Blended at 3:1. ⚠ marks an option serving less context than the best available, or re-pricing above a prompt-length threshold. Bracketed labels are the provider's own service tier or region.
| Host | Blended $/1M | In / Out | Context | Weights | Uptime 24h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parasail | $0.120 | $0.050 / $0.330 | 131K | bf16 | 100.0% |
| Cloudflare ⚠ 80K context, not 131K |
$0.122 | $0.051 / $0.335 | 80K | — | 100.0% |
Host prices and uptime from OpenRouter, synced 2026-10-22. Lower-precision weights (fp4, fp8) can cost less and score worse than the same model at bf16 — the score above is not host-specific.
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FAQ
How much does Llama 3.2 3B Instruct cost?
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct costs $0.051 per million input tokens and $0.335 per million output tokens on OpenRouter. At a 3:1 input:output mix that blends to $0.122 per million tokens.
What is Llama 3.2 3B Instruct's context window?
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct accepts up to 131,072 tokens of context, and can generate up to 72,000 output tokens.