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Llama 4 Scout vs Llama 3 8B Lunaris

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Llama 4 Scout wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
  • Supports tool calls

Llama 3 8B Lunaris wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Has reasoning mode
Price Advantage
Llama 3 8B Lunaris
Benchmark Advantage
Llama 4 Scout
Context Window
Llama 4 Scout
Speed
Llama 4 Scout

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureLlama 4 ScoutLlama 3 8B Lunaris
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyLlama 4 ScoutLlama 3 8B Lunaris
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorMeta-llamaSao10k
ReleasedApr 2025Aug 2024

Llama 4 Scout Modalities

Input
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Output
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Llama 3 8B Lunaris Modalities

Input
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Output
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Frequently Asked Questions

Llama 3 8B Lunaris has cheaper input pricing at $0.04/M tokens. Llama 3 8B Lunaris has cheaper output pricing at $0.05/M tokens.
Llama 4 Scout has a 327,680 token context window, while Llama 3 8B Lunaris has a 8,192 token context window.
Llama 4 Scout supports vision. Llama 3 8B Lunaris does not support vision.