Llama 3.2 3B Instruct API pricing
As of October 22, 2026, Meta Llama 3.2 3B Instruct costs $0.0505 per million input tokens and $0.3325 per million output tokens, the median of 2 providers on OpenRouter.
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct benchmarks and specs · Every Meta Llama model's price
- Input, per million tokens$0.0505
- Output, per million tokens$0.3325
- Cached input, per millionNo cache price listed
- Context window131K tokens
- Max output72K tokens
- Output speedNot measured
What a request costs
Three fixed token mixes at the list price, without cache or batch discounts. For a whole month, use the calculator.
| Workload | Tokens | One request | 1,000 requests | Fits the context window |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat turn | 1K input + 500 output tokens | $0.0002 | $0.217 | Yes |
| Repository review | 50K input + 3K output tokens | $0.0035 | $3.52 | Yes |
| Agent loop | 200K input + 10K output tokens | $0.013 | $13.41 | No, it would need splitting |
| Solved coding task | One SWE-bench Verified attempt, divided by the share that succeed | Not computable | Not computable |
Price history
The price of Llama 3.2 3B Instruct here is the median across 2 providers on OpenRouter, so we do not track price changes for it.
Cheaper models as good as Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct has no overall or coding score, so we make no quality claim against it.
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct pricing questions
- How much does Llama 3.2 3B Instruct cost per million tokens?
- $0.0505 per million input tokens and $0.3325 per million output tokens, as listed on OpenRouter on October 22, 2026.
- Does Llama 3.2 3B Instruct support prompt caching?
- OpenRouter lists no cached input price for this model, so assume every input token is billed at the full rate.
- Has the price of Llama 3.2 3B Instruct changed?
- The price of Llama 3.2 3B Instruct here is the median across 2 providers on OpenRouter, so we do not track price changes for it.