Llama-3.2-1B vs Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct vs Gemma 3 4B IT
Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct comes out ahead, 28 to 24 and 11 on our weighted score.
MetaLlama-3.2-1B
11/100- ECI—
- Price$0.027 / $0.201
- Context131K
- Our pickMeta
Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct
28/100- ECI125.5
- Price—
- Context128K
GoogleGemma 3 4B IT
24/100- ECI115.8
- Price$0.05 / $0.10
- Context131K
Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct is our pick
Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct is the better all-round choice, scoring 28/100 against Gemma 3 4B IT (24) and Llama-3.2-1B (11). It leads on capability. The score weighs capability 67%, inputs & features 20%, context window 13%. Capability uses the average of shared benchmarks (GPQA Diamond and OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025), because Llama-3.2-1B has no Capabilities Index score yet.
- CapabilityLlama-3.2-90B-Vision-InstructShared benchmarks: Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct 21.8% · Gemma 3 4B IT 15.4% · Llama-3.2-1B 12.2%
- Lowest priceGemma 3 4B ITGemma 3 4B IT $0.063 · Llama-3.2-1B $0.07 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend) · Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct unpriced
- Longest contextLlama-3.2-1B and Gemma 3 4B ITLlama-3.2-1B 131,072 · Gemma 3 4B IT 131,072 · Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct 128,000 tokens
- Widest inputsLlama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct and Gemma 3 4B ITLlama-3.2-1B: Text · Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct: Text, Images · Gemma 3 4B IT: Text, Images
- Self-hostingAll open weightsEvery model here can be downloaded and run on your own hardware
| Measure | Weight | Llama-3.2-1B | Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct | Gemma 3 4B IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityShared benchmarks | 67% | 12 | 22 | 15 |
| Inputs & features | 20% | 0 | 50 | 50 |
| Context window | 13% | 25 | 24 | 25 |
| Overall | 100% | 11/100 | 28/100 | 24/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: price. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | Llama-3.2-1BMeta | Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-InstructMeta | Gemma 3 4B ITGoogle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | 125.5 (best) | 115.8 |
| ECI rank | — | #150 of 165 (best) | #163 of 165 |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 23.9% | 41.0% (best) | 23.2% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 0.6% | 2.6% | 7.5% (best) |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.027 (best) | — | $0.05 |
| Output | $0.201 | — | $0.10 (best) |
| Cached input | — | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.07 | — | $0.063 (best) |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | — | Same rate |
| Price source | Median of 6 providers | — | Median of 9 providers |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 131,072 tokens (best) | 128,000 tokens | 131,072 tokens (best) |
| Max output | 8,192 tokens | 4,096 tokens | 131,072 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | No | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | No | No | No |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | No | No |
| Reasoning | No | No | No |
| Tool calling | No | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | No | No | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | OpenLlama 3.2 Community License | OpenLlama 3.2 Community License | Open |
| API model ID | — | — | — |
| API providers | 6 | 1 | 10 (best) |
| Released | Sep 25, 2024 | Sep 25, 2024 | Mar 12, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Dec 2023 | Dec 2023 | Aug 2024 |
What would a month cost?
Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.
- Llama-3.2-1B$0.672
- Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct—
- Gemma 3 4B IT$0.70
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Llama-3.2-1B, Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct or Gemma 3 4B IT?
Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct is the better all-round choice, scoring 28/100 against Gemma 3 4B IT (24) and Llama-3.2-1B (11). It leads on capability. The score weighs capability 67%, inputs & features 20%, context window 13%. Capability uses the average of shared benchmarks (GPQA Diamond and OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025), because Llama-3.2-1B has no Capabilities Index score yet.
Which is cheaper, Llama-3.2-1B, Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct or Gemma 3 4B IT?
Gemma 3 4B IT is cheaper at $0.05 input / $0.10 output per million tokens (median across 9 API providers). Llama-3.2-1B costs $0.027 input / $0.201 output per million tokens (median across 6 API providers). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.063 per million tokens for Gemma 3 4B IT versus $0.07 for Llama-3.2-1B (1.1× as much). Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct has no published per-token price.
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
Not every model here has a Capabilities Index score, so we compare the average of shared benchmarks (GPQA Diamond and OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025): Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct 21.8%, Gemma 3 4B IT 15.4% and Llama-3.2-1B 12.2%. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct 41.0%, Llama-3.2-1B 23.9%, Gemma 3 4B IT 23.2%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Gemma 3 4B IT 7.5%, Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct 2.6%, Llama-3.2-1B 0.6%.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Llama-3.2-1B, Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct and Gemma 3 4B IT yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Note that Llama-3.2-1B does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.
Which has the bigger context window?
Llama-3.2-1B and Gemma 3 4B IT have the largest context windows (131,072 and 131,072 tokens), against 128,000 for Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct. Maximum output per response: Llama-3.2-1B up to 8,192, Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct up to 4,096, Gemma 3 4B IT up to 131,072 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Llama-3.2-1B accepts text; Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct accepts text and images; Gemma 3 4B IT accepts text and images. Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Yes, all three publish their weights (Llama 3.2 Community License), so you can self-host them.
Which is newer?
Gemma 3 4B IT is the newest, released Mar 12, 2025. Llama-3.2-1B came out Sep 25, 2024; Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct came out Sep 25, 2024. Knowledge cutoff: Llama-3.2-1B Dec 2023, Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct Dec 2023, Gemma 3 4B IT Aug 2024.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.
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