Meta · Released Sep 25, 2024Llama-3.2-3B
Small open Llama base model for lightweight text generation and self-hosting.
- Capability
- —No ECI score yet
- Input
- $0.10per 1M tokens
- Output
- $0.335per 1M tokens
- Context
- 131K8K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $0.10per million tokens
- Output
- $0.335per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $0.159cheaper than 83% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $0.368 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $4.17 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $41.75 |
Median of 3 paid API providers on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Llama-3.2-3B yet.
The details
- Lab
- Meta
- Released
- Sep 25, 2024
- Knowledge cutoff
- Dec 2023
- Context window
- 131,072 tokens
- Max output
- 8,192 tokens
- Inputs
- Text
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- No
- Tool calling
- No
- Structured output
- No
- Availability
- 3 API providerslisted on models.dev
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About Llama-3.2-3B
How much does Llama-3.2-3B cost?
Llama-3.2-3B costs $0.10 input / $0.335 output per million tokens (median across 3 API providers). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $0.159 per million tokens, cheaper than 83% of the 360 priced models we track.
What is the context window of Llama-3.2-3B?
Llama-3.2-3B accepts up to 131,072 tokens per request and can write up to 8,192 tokens in one response.
How good is Llama-3.2-3B?
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Llama-3.2-3B yet.
Is Llama-3.2-3B open source?
Yes. Meta publishes the weights under the Llama 3.2 Community License licence, so it can be downloaded and self-hosted.
What inputs does Llama-3.2-3B support?
Llama-3.2-3B accepts text and replies in text. It is not a dedicated reasoning model, does not support tool calling.
When was Llama-3.2-3B released?
Meta released Llama-3.2-3B on Sep 25, 2024. Its training data runs to Dec 2023.
What are the best alternatives to Llama-3.2-3B?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are Pixtral 12B (Mistral AI, $0.15 / $0.15), solar-mini (Upstage, $0.15 / $0.15), Phi-4-mini (Microsoft, $0.075 / $0.30) and Command R (Cohere, $0.15 / $0.60).