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Meta Llama 3.2 1B Instruct vs Meta Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

On provider list prices, Meta Llama 3.2 1B Instruct costs $0.06 per million input tokens against $0.06 for Meta Llama 3.2 3B Instruct: effectively level. Output is $0.06 against $0.06. On Allocate both bill at list plus the 7% transaction fee.

Meta Llama 3.2 1B Instruct Meta Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
LabMetaMeta
AccessOpen weightsOpen weights
Context window128K tokens128K tokens
List price, input$0.06 / M tokens$0.06 / M tokens
List price, output$0.06 / M tokens$0.06 / M tokens
Cached inputn/an/a
LicenseLlama communityLlama community
Fine-tunableYesYes

Specifications and provider list prices from the Allocate catalog, checked 2026-07-08. Billed price is list plus the 7% transaction fee.

What the numbers say

Take 1,000,000 requests a month at 1,200 input and 350 output tokens each. That workload costs $93 a month on Meta Llama 3.2 1B Instruct and $93 on Meta Llama 3.2 3B Instruct at list: a gap of $0.

Meta Llama 3.2 1B Instruct$0.06$0.06
Meta Llama 3.2 3B Instruct$0.06$0.06
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Common questions

Which is cheaper, Meta Llama 3.2 1B Instruct or Meta Llama 3.2 3B Instruct?

Meta Llama 3.2 1B Instruct, on this workload shape. At list prices it is $0.06/$0.06 per million tokens in and out against $0.06/$0.06 for Meta Llama 3.2 3B Instruct. Billed on Allocate: $0.064/$0.064 against $0.064/$0.064, list plus 7%.

Which has the bigger context window?

They match: both read 131,072 tokens (128K) per request.

Can I fine-tune Meta Llama 3.2 1B Instruct or Meta Llama 3.2 3B Instruct?

Both publish open weights (Meta Llama 3.2 1B Instruct: Llama community; Meta Llama 3.2 3B Instruct: Llama community), so both can be fine-tuned. On Allocate the trained weights stay inside your boundary and belong to you.

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