Head to head
ME vs ME For light moderate heavy
Verdict · measured basis
Llama 4 Scout costs $0.0001 per solved task against
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct at $0.0003 — ▼ 3.5x cheaper .
Over 200 tasks that is $0.05 a month.
On output token price alone Llama 3.2 1B Instruct looks 1.7x cheaper. The ranking reverses once you divide by pass rate — the cheaper tokens do not win the task.
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Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for Llama 4 Scout and Llama 3.2 1B Instruct Figure Llama 4 Scout Llama 3.2 1B Instruct Input $/Mtok $0.11 $0.027 Output $/Mtok $0.34 $0.201 Cached input $/Mtok $0.055 $0.027 Pass rate 61% 8% Cost per solved task $0.0001 measured $0.0003 measured Cost per month $0.02 $0.06
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Monthly cost against tasks per month Log-log lines for Llama 4 Scout (measured, $0.0001 per solved task), Llama 3.2 1B Instruct (measured, $0.0003 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks. 10 100 1k 10k 100k $0.001 $0.01 $0.1 $1 $10 TASKS / MONTH (log) → 200 tasks Llama 4 Scout · MEASURED · $0.0001 per solved task $0.02 Llama 4 Scout MEASURED Llama 3.2 1B Instruct · MEASURED · $0.0003 per solved task $0.06 Llama 3.2 1B Instruct MEASURED Monthly cost against tasks per month Log-log lines for Llama 4 Scout (measured, $0.0001 per solved task), Llama 3.2 1B Instruct (measured, $0.0003 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks. 10 100 1k 10k 100k $0.001 $0.01 $0.1 $1 $10 TASKS / MONTH (log) → 200 tasks Llama 4 Scout · MEASURED · $0.0001 per solved task $0.02 Llama 3.2 1B Instruct · MEASURED · $0.0003 per solved task $0.06 — Llama 4 Scout · MEASURED — Llama 3.2 1B Instruct · MEASURED Solid measured · dashed modeled · dotted stale. The gap is the verdict.
Solvency Bench (solvency.dev) — first-party measurement · verified 2026-08-26 · prices from each provider's pricing page; measured rows ignore the tier · Methodology · All models at these settings