Model profile
meta-llama

Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is a budget text-first model from meta-llama with a heavy runtime profile, standard context posture, and the clearest fit around long-context research / reasoning.

Best for: Long-context research / ReasoningHeavy latencyStandard contextBudget pricing
Intelligence
N/A

Benchmark blend

Coding
N/A

Dev workflow signal

Context
80K Tokens

Standard

Input Price
$0.05

Budget tier

Decision snapshot
54

Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct currently reads as a budget text-first option with standard context and a heavy runtime profile.

Overall profile
Use-case specific
Best for
Long-context research / Reasoning
Latency tier
Heavy
Price tier
Budget
Source coverage
OpenRouter

Decision Strip

Decision rail before the raw tables

Core buy-side signals stay in one pass. The rest of the page expands only after intelligence, speed, context, and price are clear.

Intelligence
N/A
44

General reasoning and benchmark headroom.

Situational
Speed
N/A
46

Latency data is partial.

Situational
Context
80K Tokens
64

How much prompt and task state can stay in view.

Competitive
Price
$0.05
86

$0.34 output / 1M

Efficient

Editorial Profile

Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct in one narrative

Positioning, tradeoffs, and fit are consolidated into one read instead of repeating the same story across separate cards.

Use-case specificCoding score 40Math score 36

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 supports eight languages, including English, Spanish, and Hindi, and is adaptable for additional languages. Trained on 9 trillion tokens, the Llama 3.2 3B model excels in instruction-following, complex reasoning, and tool use. Its balanced performance makes it ideal for applications needing accuracy and efficiency in text generation across multilingual settings. Click here for the [original model card](https://github.com/meta-llama/llama-models/blob/main/models/llama3_2/MODEL_CARD.md). Usage of this model is subject to [Meta's Acceptable Use Policy](https://www.llama.com/llama3/use-policy/).

Identity

meta-llama text-first profile

Positioning

Long-context research / Reasoning with standard context and heavy runtime.

Cost posture

Efficient spend profile. More comfortable for sustained prompt volume if the capability fit is right.

Strengths
  • The available source data suggests a balanced profile rather than one dominant edge.

Tradeoffs
  • Budget-friendly input pricing is a strength, but raw capability may vary by workload.

  • Latency profile is better for deliberate runs than rapid back-and-forth chat.

  • Current metadata points to a text-first profile rather than a broad multimodal one.

  • Context window is more comfortable for focused tasks than extremely long sessions.

Best fit
  • Focused chat, retrieval-augmented flows, and narrower production tasks.

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Benchmarks

Grouped by job-to-be-done

Only benchmark categories with actual signal are shown. Secondary values stay as simple definitions instead of nested micro-cards.

No benchmark data is available for this model yet.

Specs & Pricing

Technical snapshot and cost posture

Specs stay neutral, pricing gets emphasis through values rather than extra containers. Raw provider internals remain in metadata at the end.

Technical snapshot
Context Window
80K Tokens
Vision
Text-first
Modalities
text->text, text
Tokenizer
Llama3
Moderation
No
Supported Parameters
frequency_penaltylogit_biasmax_tokensmin_ppresence_penaltyrepetition_penaltyseedstoptemperaturetop_ktop_p
Input Modalities
text
Output Modalities
text
Price architecture
Input
per 1M input tokens
$0.05
Output
per 1M output tokens
$0.34
Blended
AA 3:1 mix
N/A

This model is relatively efficient on price. It is the easier fit when sustained prompt volume matters.

Metadata

Raw source tables at the end

Verification details remain available, but the page no longer forces them ahead of the editorial read.