# Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

> 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.

Source page: https://www.aimodel.directory/models/llama-3-2-3b
Last verified: 4 Oct 2026

## Specifications

- **Developer:** Meta
- **Release date:** 25 Sept 2024 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/cloudflare-workers-ai/models/@cf/meta/llama-3.2-3b-instruct.toml)
- **Status:** Generally available (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/cloudflare-workers-ai/models/@cf/meta/llama-3.2-3b-instruct.toml)
- **Weights:** Open weights (source: Hugging Face, https://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct)
- **License:** llama3.2 (source: Hugging Face, https://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct)
- **Parameters:** 3.2B (source: Hugging Face, https://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct)
- **Context window:** 80K (80,000 tokens) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/cloudflare-workers-ai/models/@cf/meta/llama-3.2-3b-instruct.toml)
- **Max output:** 80K tokens (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/cloudflare-workers-ai/models/@cf/meta/llama-3.2-3b-instruct.toml)
- **Knowledge cutoff:** Dec 2023 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/cloudflare-workers-ai/models/@cf/meta/llama-3.2-3b-instruct.toml)
- **Input:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/cloudflare-workers-ai/models/@cf/meta/llama-3.2-3b-instruct.toml)
- **Output:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/cloudflare-workers-ai/models/@cf/meta/llama-3.2-3b-instruct.toml)
- **Reasoning mode:** No (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/cloudflare-workers-ai/models/@cf/meta/llama-3.2-3b-instruct.toml)
- **Tool calling:** No (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/cloudflare-workers-ai/models/@cf/meta/llama-3.2-3b-instruct.toml)
- **Structured output:** No (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/cloudflare-workers-ai/models/@cf/meta/llama-3.2-3b-instruct.toml)
- **Hugging Face:** meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct (source: Hugging Face, https://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct)

## API pricing (USD per 1M tokens)

| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | $0.05 | $0.33 | – | 131K |
| Cloudflare Workers AI | $0.05 | $0.34 | – | 80K |

## FAQ

### 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.

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