Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Llama 4 Scout

Price, context window & benchmark comparison

Gemini 3 Flash Preview

Google

$0.50 / $3.00

Input / Output · per 1M tokens

Llama 4 Scout

Meta Llama

$0.10 / $0.30

Input / Output · per 1M tokens

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Verdict: Llama 4 Scout is 7.5× cheaper than Gemini 3 Flash Preview on a typical 3:1 input/output mix. Llama 4 Scout has the larger context window (1.3M vs 1M).

	Gemini 3 Flash Preview	Llama 4 Scout
Input price / 1M	$0.50	$0.10
Output price / 1M	$3.00	$0.30
Blended price (3:1)	$1.13	$0.15
Cached input / 1M	$0.05	—
Context window	1M	1.3M
Max output	66K	16K
Intelligence index	—	—
Coding index	—	8.2
Providers	—	3
Best provider uptime (30m)	—	99.9%
Vision input	Yes	Yes
Reasoning	Yes	No
Tool calling	Yes	Yes
Released	2025-12-17	2025-04-05
Retirement	—	—

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FAQ

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Llama 4 Scout?

Llama 4 Scout is 7.5× cheaper than Gemini 3 Flash Preview on a typical 3:1 input/output mix.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Llama 4 Scout: which has a bigger context window?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 1,048,576 tokens. Llama 4 Scout: 1,310,720 tokens.

How much would 1 million requests cost?

At 2,000 input + 500 output tokens per request: Gemini 3 Flash Preview ≈ $2,500, Llama 4 Scout ≈ $350.00.

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