MetaReasoningReleased 25 September 2024
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct pricing, context and benchmark
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.
131K
Input context
118K
Output context
$0.05
Official input
$0.33
Official output
n/a
AA index
01 · Model Overview
Everything that matters, in one table
Context, pricing, cache, modalities and tooling, from the model registry and Artificial Analysis.
| Model | Llama 3.2 3B Instruct |
| Model ID | meta-llama/llama-3.2-3b-instruct |
| Provider | Meta |
| Release date | 25 September 2024 |
| Status | Generally available |
| Input context | 131,072 tokens |
| Output context | 117,964 tokens |
| Official input pricing | $0.05 per 1M tokens |
| Official output pricing | $0.33 per 1M tokens |
| Cache read pricing | Not published |
| Market input pricing | $0.05 per 1M (cheapest route) |
| Market output pricing | $0.33 per 1M (cheapest route) |
| Input modalities | text |
| Output modalities | text |
| Reasoning control | Not exposed |
| Tool support | Text generation only |
| Tokenizer | Llama3 |
| Provider routes | 2 endpoints |
| Artificial Analysis index | Not published |
| Speed | Not published |
| Knowledge cutoff | Not publicly stated |
Input and output support
| Modality | Input | Output | Billed at |
|---|---|---|---|
| Text | ✓ yes | ✓ yes | $0.05 in |
| Image | no | no | not supported |
| Audio | no | no | not supported |
| Video | no | no | not supported |
| File (PDF) | no | no | not supported |
02 · Overview
What is Llama 3.2 3B Instruct?
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...
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct carries a 131K token window, uses the Llama3 tokenizer and is served by Meta. On Hoodgen it sits in the Reasoning tier of the model menu next to its siblings, so you can switch mid conversation without losing the thread.
03 · Release
Release and what changed from the previous version
Released25 September 2024
This is the only release of Llama 3.2 3B Instruct on OpenRouter, released 25 September 2024. The provider has not published a knowledge cutoff, so treat training data as recent but unconfirmed for very new events.
04 · Capabilities
Features and capabilities
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Structured outputs
Schema constrained JSON with response_format, so no parse and retry loop in your code.
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Seeds
A seed can be pinned so the same prompt is reproducible across test runs.
07 · Use cases
What can you do with Llama 3.2 3B Instruct?
Debugging and root cause
Multi file failures where the model has to hold a causal chain before answering.
Architecture and planning
Design docs, migration plans and trade off analysis over long context.
Data analysis
Spreadsheets and logs read in one pass, then summarised with the numbers quoted back.
Agentic coding
Repo wide changes that need plan, edit and verify loops.
09 · Pricing
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct pricing
Official pricing
List price
$0.05 / 1M in
$0.33 / 1M out
- 131K context
- text input
Cheapest route
$0.05 / 1M in
$0.33 / 1M out
- 2 routes on OpenRouter
- What Hoodgen routes to first
- Same model, lower bill
Market pricing, every route
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Uptime 24h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parasail | standard | $0.05 | $0.33 | n/a | 100.0% |
| Cloudflare | standard | $0.051 | $0.335 | n/a | 100.0% |
API pricing and cost calculator
| Rate | Per call | Total | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheapest route | $0.0015 | $0.75 | 711 |
| List price | $0.0015 | $0.75 | 711 |
10 · Developers
API and developer information
| Model ID | meta-llama/llama-3.2-3b-instruct |
| Endpoint | https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions |
| Parameters | frequency_penalty · logit_bias · logprobs · max_tokens · min_p · presence_penalty · repetition_penalty · seed · stop · structured_outputs · temperature · top_k · top_logprobs · top_p |
| Streaming | Yes, server sent events |
| Modality string | text->text |
| Max prompt tokens | 131,072 |
| Max completion tokens | 117,964 |
curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "meta-llama/llama-3.2-3b-instruct",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Summarise this document." }],
"max_tokens": 1024
}'11 · Limitations
Model limitations
| Text only output | It cannot generate images, audio or video. Pair it with an image model on Hoodgen when you need visuals. |
| Output cap | 117,964 tokens per request. Long deliverables have to be chunked. |
| Benchmarks not published | Artificial Analysis does not publish an Intelligence Index for this release, so no benchmark score is claimed here. |
| Knowledge cutoff | The provider does not state a fixed cutoff for every release. Verify very recent events against search. |
12 · Comparison
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct vs other Meta models
| Model | Context | Input /1M | Output /1M | AA index | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 3.2 3B Instruct | 131K | $0.05 | $0.33 | n/a | 2024 |
| Muse Wonder | 1.05M | $4 | $20 | 44 | Oct 2026 |
| Muse Spark 1.3 | 1.05M | $1.25 | $4.25 | 37 | Sep 2026 |
| Muse Spark Open | 1.05M | $1.25 | $4.25 | 25 | Oct 2026 |
| Muse Spark 1.2 | 1.05M | $1.25 | $4.25 | n/a | 2026 |
| Muse Spark 1.1 | 1.05M | $1.25 | $4.25 | n/a | 2026 |
13 · Privacy
Privacy and data policy
- On Hoodgen, prompts and attachments answer that request and stay in your conversation history so you can reopen it. They are not used to train models.
- Requests route through OpenRouter to Meta and are covered by that provider's API terms.
- Do not paste secrets or personal data you would not send to any hosted model.
14 · FAQ
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct questions, answered
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is a reasoning model from Meta, released 25 September 2024. 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.
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