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Llama 4 Scout vs MiniMax M3

On provider list prices, Llama 4 Scout costs $0.18 per million input tokens against $0.30 for MiniMax M3: 1.7x apart. Output is $0.59 against $1.20 (2.0x). On Allocate both bill at list plus the 7% transaction fee.

Llama 4 ScoutM MiniMax M3
LabMetaMiniMaxAI
AccessOpen weightsAPI only
Context window1M tokens512K tokens
List price, input$0.18 / M tokens$0.3 / M tokens
List price, output$0.59 / M tokens$1.2 / M tokens
Cached inputn/a$0.06 / M tokens
LicenseLlama communityProprietary API
Fine-tunableYesNo

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 $422.50 a month on Llama 4 Scout and $780 on MiniMax M3 at list: a gap of $357.50, or 1.8x.

Llama 4 Scout reads 1M tokens per request against 512K for MiniMax M3, 2.0x the window. That decides which one can take whole documents without splitting them.

Llama 4 Scout$0.18$0.59
MiniMax M3$0.30$1.20
InputOutput

Choose Llama 4 Scout for

  • Whole-document reasoning
  • High-volume extraction
  • Fine-tuning under the Llama 4 license
Llama 4 Scout details

Choose MiniMax M3 for

  • Published cached-input pricing ($0.06 per M tokens)
MiniMax M3 details

Common questions

Which is cheaper, Llama 4 Scout or MiniMax M3?

Llama 4 Scout, on this workload shape. At list prices it is $0.18/$0.59 per million tokens in and out against $0.30/$1.20 for MiniMax M3. Billed on Allocate: $0.19/$0.63 against $0.32/$1.28, list plus 7%.

Which has the bigger context window?

Llama 4 Scout: 1,048,576 tokens (1M) against 524,288 (512K) for MiniMax M3.

Can I fine-tune Llama 4 Scout or MiniMax M3?

Llama 4 Scout publishes open weights (Llama community) and can be fine-tuned on your own data. MiniMax M3 is a closed model served over API; its weights are not available.

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Run the numbers on your workload

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Or don’t choose. On Allocate a route name is the contract: point yours at one model today, swap to the other tomorrow, and compare them on your live traffic with per-token metering.

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