Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Summary
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is an open-weight language model from Meta, released on 25 Sept 2024. It accepts text and generates text, with a 80K-token context window and up to 80K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.33 per million output tokens (OpenRouter), across 2 providers we track.
Open Llama instruction model for multilingual chat, reasoning, and coding
Last verified 4 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page links to its source.
Specifications
| Developer | Meta |
|---|---|
| Release date | 25 Sept 2024 [models.dev] |
| Status | Generally available [models.dev] |
| Weights | Open weights [Hugging Face] |
| License | llama3.2 [Hugging Face] |
| Parameters | 3.2B [Hugging Face] |
| Context window | 80K (80,000 tokens) [models.dev] |
| Max output | 80K tokens [models.dev] |
| Knowledge cutoff | Dec 2023 [models.dev] |
| Input | Text [models.dev] |
| Output | Text [models.dev] |
| Reasoning mode | No [models.dev] |
| Tool calling | No [models.dev] |
| Structured output | No [models.dev] |
| Hugging Face | meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct [Hugging Face] |
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct API pricing by provider
USD per million tokens. Sorted by input price.
| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter meta-llama/llama-3.2-3b-instruct | $0.05 | $0.33 | – | 131K | OpenRouter, 4 Oct 2026 |
| Cloudflare Workers AI @cf/meta/llama-3.2-3b-instruct | $0.05 | $0.34 | – | 80K | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of Llama 3.2 3B Instruct?
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct has a context window of 80,000 tokens (80K) and can generate up to 80,000 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.
How much does the Llama 3.2 3B Instruct API cost?
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is listed from $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.33 per million output tokens (OpenRouter). Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.
Is Llama 3.2 3B Instruct open source?
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is an open-weight model: its weights are published on Hugging Face as meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct under the llama3.2 license. Check the license terms before commercial use.
When was Llama 3.2 3B Instruct released?
Meta released Llama 3.2 3B Instruct on 25 Sept 2024, according to models.dev.
Which providers offer Llama 3.2 3B Instruct?
We track Llama 3.2 3B Instruct on 2 providers: OpenRouter, Cloudflare Workers AI.
Change history
No changes detected since we started tracking this model. We re-check every source daily.