# 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.

## Specifications

| | Meta Llama 3.2 1B Instruct | Meta Llama 3.2 3B Instruct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lab | Meta | Meta |
| Access | Open weights | Open weights |
| Context window | 128K tokens | 128K tokens |
| List price, input | $0.06 / M tokens | $0.06 / M tokens |
| List price, output | $0.06 / M tokens | $0.06 / M tokens |
| Cached input | n/a | n/a |
| License | Llama community | Llama community |
| Fine-tunable | Yes | Yes |

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.

## Choose Meta Llama 3.2 1B Instruct for

- Training toward a model you own

## Choose Meta Llama 3.2 3B Instruct for

- Training toward a model you own

## 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.

---

[HTML page](https://allocate.network/compare/meta-llama-3-2-1b-instruct-vs-meta-llama-3-2-3b-instruct) · [Meta Llama 3.2 1B Instruct](https://allocate.network/models/meta-llama-3-2-1b-instruct.md) · [Meta Llama 3.2 3B Instruct](https://allocate.network/models/meta-llama-3-2-3b-instruct.md) · [Machine-readable catalog](https://allocate.network/catalog.json)