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Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
by Meta
Llama 3.2 3B is a 3-billion-parameter multilingual large language model, optimized for advanced natural language processing tasks like dialogue generation, reasoning.
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About Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Llama 3.2 3B is a 3-billion-parameter multilingual large language model, optimized for advanced natural language processing tasks like dialogue generation, reasoning, and summarization.
Notes
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is listed in the EDNA Models directory from the OpenRouter catalogue.
Key facts
What we have checked
- Input price
- $0.050 per million tokens
- Output price
- $0.330 per million tokens
- Latest version
- meta-llama/llama-3.2-3b-instruct
- Tokens served on OpenRouter in a day
- 163.5M (for 10 Nov 2026)
- Tool calls on OpenRouter in a day
- 0 (for 10 Nov 2026)
- Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
- 5.7
- LMArena text rating (Elo)
- 1,110
Each value shows when we last confirmed it and where it came from. Values we have not confirmed are left out, never guessed.
API access
How to call it
Call via OpenRouter with model id `meta-llama/llama-3.2-3b-instruct`.
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meta-llama/llama-3.2-3b-instruct· Docs
OpenRouter id: meta-llama/llama-3.2-3b-instruct
Price
What Llama 3.2 3B Instruct costs, over time
$0.050 to $0.050
$0.330 to $0.330
Usage
How much Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is used
101.5M to 163.5M
Scores
How Llama 3.2 3B Instruct scores
Each score comes from the named source and shows when we last confirmed it. A flag means the score needs care.
| Score | Value | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | 5.7indexAs of 26 Oct 2026 | Artificial Analysis via OpenRouter | |
| LMArena text rating (Elo) | 1,110EloAs of 10 Nov 2026 | LMArena (CC-BY-4.0), published 2026-11-09 |
Sources
Where this comes from
- OpenRouter models APIRegistry
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- LMArena (CC-BY-4.0), published 2026-11-09Third party
- Artificial Analysis via OpenRouterThird party
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Changelog
What changed
Deprecated
OpenRouter lists the route meta-llama/llama-3.2-3b-instruct to expire on 20 Nov 2026.
Price changed
output per mtok: 0.335 to 0.33
Price changed
input per mtok: 0.0509 to 0.05
Price changed
output per mtok: 0.33 to 0.335
Price changed
input per mtok: 0.05 to 0.0509
Price changed
output per mtok: 0.335 to 0.33
Price changed
input per mtok: 0.0509 to 0.05
Price changed
output per mtok: 0.335 to 0.33
Price changed
input per mtok: 0.0509 to 0.05
Price changed
output per mtok: 0.33 to 0.335
Price changed
input per mtok: 0.05 to 0.0509
USAGE / OPENROUTER
How much Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is used
Tokens processed through OpenRouter each day. It shows what developers actually run, not every company's private traffic.
- Tokens, last 7 days
- 673M ▼3.6%
- Requests, last 7 days
- 824K
- Tool calls, last 7 days
- —
- People's vote
- 1110
- Average cost per request
- 0.3¢
- Price per million tokens
- $0.05 in · $0.33 out
MODEL FIELD GUIDE / SOURCE EVIDENCE
What you can do with Llama 3.2 3B Instruct.
Listed specifications; no EDNA task evaluation has been run. Sources checked 2026-11-08. Hosting routes and app features can differ.
meta-llama/llama-3.2-3b-instruct- Tool calling
- Not established
- Structured output
- Listed support
- Reasoning controls
- Not established
- Availability
- available
- Price basis
- token
- Licence verification
- Llama 3.2 Community Licence, open weights (access request)
- Context length
- 131K tokens
- Knowledge cutoff
- 31 Dec 2023
- Developer release date
- Not established
- First seen in the catalogue
- 25 Sept 2024
- Listed retirement date
- Not established
Inspect the sources and their scope
meta-llama/llama-3.2-3b-instruct: listed route capabilities, availability and prices; provider endpoints can differ.
Checked 2026-11-08Source for first seen, context length, input, knowledge cutoff, output, structured output.
Checked 2026-11-08Licence declared in the meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct model repository on Hugging Face, which holds the weights files behind an access request. Read the licence terms before use.
Checked 2026-11-07FROM SPECIFICATIONS TO YOUR WORK
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