DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp vs Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp leads Llama 3.2 3B Instruct on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 34.8 to 5.7, and Llama 3.2 3B Instruct costs 4.0x less per output token ($0.3325 vs $1.32 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 4 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp Replace Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeek

Coding: No data
Overall: 56.4
Output $/M: $1.32

Llama 3.2 3B InstructMeta Llama

Coding: No data
Overall: No data
Output $/M: $0.3325

vs boards won of 4 shared

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp or Llama 3.2 3B Instruct: which to pick

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp for a larger context window (1.05M against 131K tokens).

Model ADeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeekNot benchmarked1 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved task Model BLlama 3.2 3B InstructMeta LlamaNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task

41031

Shared results: 4
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp only: 10
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct only: 31
Like-for-like categories: 3 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp leads, 34.8 against 5.7.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp has a AA Agentic Index result, 47.5.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp takes 1.05M tokens against 131K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp $0.0011, Llama 3.2 3B Instruct $0.0002 per turn.
List prices

At a glance

Coding index: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp not benchmarked, Llama 3.2 3B Instruct not benchmarked.
Widest category: General, 77.0 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap: Long context reasoning (AA-LCR): DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp 81.3% against Llama 3.2 3B Instruct 4.3%, 77.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp $1.32 against Llama 3.2 3B Instruct $0.3325 per million output tokens, 4.0x apart.
Context window: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp takes 1.05M tokens, Llama 3.2 3B Instruct 131K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
Category	DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp	Bars	Llama 3.2 3B Instruct	Ties
Intelligence	1		0
Reasoning	2		0
General	1		0
All shared boards	4		0

CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index6 boards, none shared

Coding benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp and Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp	Llama 3.2 3B Instruct	Leader
LiveBench coding	37.6%	Not measured	Only DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp measured
AA Coding Index	65.0	Not measured	Only DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)	Not measured	8.3%	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
SciCode	49.7%	Not measured	Only DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp measured
LMArena Text: coding	Not measured	1098	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
LMArena Text: software and IT	Not measured	1103	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
Neither model has a result on the other 33 boards here

IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10

Intelligence benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp and Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp	Llama 3.2 3B Instruct	Leader
AA Intelligence Index	34.8	5.7	DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here

Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared

Agentic work benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp and Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp	Llama 3.2 3B Instruct	Leader
AA Agentic Index	47.5	Not measured	Only DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp measured
LiveBench research	69.2%	Not measured	Only DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp measured
LiveBench browser	64.0%	Not measured	Only DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp measured
LiveBench long agentic	39.0%	Not measured	Only DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp measured
τ²-Bench Telecom	Not measured	21.1%	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
BALROG	Not measured	10.1%	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL)	Not measured	21.9%	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here

ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20

Reasoning benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp and Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp	Llama 3.2 3B Instruct	Leader
LiveBench reasoning	85.4%	Not measured	Only DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)	91.3%	25.5%	DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)	34.5%	5.3%	DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
LMArena Text: hard prompts	Not measured	1095	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
LMArena Text: expert	Not measured	1090	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English	Not measured	1141	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here

MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards, none shared

Math benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp and Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp	Llama 3.2 3B Instruct	Leader
AA Math Index	Not measured	3.3	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)	Not measured	3.3%	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
LMArena Text: math	Not measured	1126	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
LMArena Text: mathematical work	Not measured	1128	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here

KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards, none shared

Knowledge benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp and Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp	Llama 3.2 3B Instruct	Leader
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)	Not measured	34.7%	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
LMArena Text: science	Not measured	1106	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare	Not measured	1104	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
LMArena Text: legal and government	Not measured	1115	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
LMArena Text: business and finance	Not measured	1074	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here

Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared

Web design benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp and Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp	Llama 3.2 3B Instruct	Leader
LiveBench design	70.7%	Not measured	Only DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp measured
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here

GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10

General benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp and Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp	Llama 3.2 3B Instruct	Leader
LiveBench data analysis	79.5%	Not measured	Only DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp measured
IFBench	Not measured	26.2%	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)	81.3%	4.3%	DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
LMArena Text	Not measured	1110	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
LMArena Text: instruction following	Not measured	1089	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
LMArena Text: creative writing	Not measured	1094	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
LMArena Text: English	Not measured	1180	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
LMArena Text: non-English	Not measured	1019	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
LMArena Text: Chinese	Not measured	1017	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
LMArena Text: German	Not measured	1056	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
LMArena Text: Russian	Not measured	949	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn	Not measured	1105	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
LMArena Text: longer queries	Not measured	1100	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
LMArena Text: writing and language	Not measured	1096	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
LMArena Text: entertainment and media	Not measured	1083	Only Llama 3.2 3B Instruct measured
Neither model has a result on the other 31 boards here

Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared

Image generation benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp and Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp	Llama 3.2 3B Instruct	Leader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp$0.0011Fits in one request

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct$0.0002Fits in one request

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp$0.026Fits in one request

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct$0.0035Fits in one request

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp$0.101Fits in one request

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct$0.013Exceeds the context window

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp and Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Specification	DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp	Meta Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Maker	DeepSeek	Meta Llama
Weights	Open weights	Open weights
Released	August 21, 2026	September 25, 2024
Context window	1.05M	131K
Input $/Mtok	$0.44	$0.0505
Output $/Mtok	$1.32	$0.3325
Coding index	Not benchmarked	Not benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it	1	0
Cost per solved task	Not computable	Not computable
Source	OpenRouter listing	OpenRouter listing

Questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp better than Llama 3.2 3B Instruct for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp for a larger context window (1.05M against 131K tokens).

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp or Llama 3.2 3B Instruct?

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp costs $0.44 per million input tokens and $1.32 per million output tokens; Llama 3.2 3B Instruct costs $0.0505 and $0.3325. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp or Llama 3.2 3B Instruct?

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks is the DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp vs Llama 3.2 3B Instruct comparison based on?

4 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Llama 3.2 3B Instruct's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp or Llama 3.2 3B Instruct: which to pick

Which one for your work

Coding

Intelligence

Agentic work

Long documents

Everyday cost

At a glance

Benchmark by benchmark

What each workload costs

Chat turn

Repository review

Agent loop

Specification differences

Questions

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