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Qwen3-32B vs Llama 4 Scout

Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, specs, benchmarks, and capabilities

Qwen3-32B is 13.3% cheaper on blended cost ($0.130 vs $0.150/Mtok) — note: different model classes (budget vs open weights)
Specification
3 providers: Alibaba $0.160/$0.640 Groq $0.290/$0.590 DeepInfra $0.080/$0.280
3 providers: Groq $0.110/$0.340 Meta $0.110/$0.340 DeepInfra $0.100/$0.300
Overview
StatusCurrent budget Open weights Current open weights Open weights
Released Jan 1, 2026 Apr 6, 2025
Pricing per million tokens
Input $0.080/Mtok $0.100/Mtok
Output $0.280/Mtok $0.300/Mtok
Blended avg $0.130/Mtok $0.150/Mtok
Specifications
Context window 128K tokens 10M tokens
Parameters 32B 17B (16 experts)
Speed (TPS)
Modalities
Input
text
textimage
Benchmarks sources: LMSYS Chatbot Arena (UC Berkeley) / Vellum LLM Leaderboard (Jun 2026), Meta model card
Independent composite scores measured for both models — each on its own scale
AA Intelligence Index 11.4 10.3
AA Agentic Index 1.8 1.1
AA-Omniscience Index (−100–100) -50.4 -52.1
Per-benchmark results published for Llama 4 Scout only — no independent per-benchmark scores exist for Qwen3-32B yet
Avg benchmark score 46.8
Perf / dollar 312
GPQA Diamond 57.2
SWE-Bench Verified 28
LiveCodeBench 32.8
Humanity's Last Exam 12
ARC-AGI 2 15
AIME 2025 45
MMMLU 75
BFCL 58
HumanEval 80
MATH 500 65
Providers
Available from
Alibaba — $0.160/$0.640/Mtok
Groq — $0.290/$0.590/Mtok
DeepInfra — $0.080/$0.280/Mtok
Groq — $0.110/$0.340/Mtok
Meta — $0.110/$0.340/Mtok
DeepInfra — $0.100/$0.300/Mtok

Cost at scale

1M tokens · 50/50 input/output
Projected cost of Qwen3-32B vs Llama 4 Scout at increasing token volumes
VolumeQwen3-32BLlama 4 ScoutSavings
1M tokens $0.13 $0.15 $0.02 (13.3%)
10M tokens $1.3 $1.5 $0.2 (13.3%)
100M tokens $13 $15 $2 (13.3%)
1000M tokens $130 $150 $20 (13.3%)

When to pick which

distilled from the pricing and spec data above
Pick Qwen3-32B if…
  • cost dominates: $0.130/Mtok blended vs $0.150 — 13.3% less on the same 50/50 token mix
Pick Llama 4 Scout if…
  • you need the longer context: 10M tokens vs 128K (78.1×)

Summary

Qwen3-32B by DeepInfra costs $0.080/Mtok input and $0.280/Mtok output, with a 128K-token context window. It supports text input and is available from 3 providers.

Llama 4 Scout by DeepInfra costs $0.100/Mtok input and $0.300/Mtok output, with a 10M-token context window. It supports text, image input and is available from 3 providers.

On a blended cost basis, Qwen3-32B is 13.3% cheaper than Llama 4 Scout.

The two aren't directly comparable on average benchmark score: Llama 4 Scout has published per-benchmark results, while Qwen3-32B does not yet — it is measured today on independent composites (see the table above).

Note: Pricing is per million tokens. Actual costs vary with usage patterns, prompt caching, and batch discounts. Always verify against official provider pricing pages.

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