Is Llama 3.2 3b Instruct or Gemma 4 31B Garnet cheaper?

Llama 3.2 3b Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.05 vs $0.31 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Llama 3.2 3b Instruct or Gemma 4 31B Garnet?

Gemma 4 31B Garnet has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Llama 3.2 3b Instruct vs Gemma 4 31B Garnet

Llama 3.2 3b Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while Gemma 4 31B Garnet offers a larger context window. Choose Llama 3.2 3b Instruct or Gemma 4 31B Garnet based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Llama 3.2 3b Instruct	Gemma 4 31B Garnet
Provider	NanoGPT	NanoGPT
Input / 1M tokens	$0.03	$0.31
Output / 1M tokens	$0.05	$0.31
Context window	131K	262K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	No
Released	Sep 2024	May 2026

Llama 3.2 3b Instruct details →Gemma 4 31B Garnet details →

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