Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct is Meta's language model with a 128K context window and up to 4K output tokens, starting at $0.17 / 1M input and $0.66 / 1M output. A 17B instruction-tuned Llama 4 Scout model built for long-context understanding and instruction following with a mixture-of-experts design.
Capabilities
Input1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities1/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling✓
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·
Pricing by Provider
US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
| Provider | Standard | Batch | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | |
| $0.17 | $0.66 | $0.085 | $0.33 | |
Cost Calculator
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Cheapest Instances to Run It
Cloud GPU instances that can host Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 41 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.
All clouds
FP16 (full precision)
US Dollar ($)
Instance | Cloud | GPU | VRAM | Price | Cheapest region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard_NP10s | AMD Alveo U250 FPGA (64GB) | 64 GB | $1.65/hr | westus2 | ||
| g6e.xlarge | L40S | 45 GB | $1.86/hr | us-east-1 | ||
| Standard_NV32as_v4 | AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 | 64 GB | $1.86/hr | westus2 | ||
Versions
| Version | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | 131K | $0.120 | $0.200 | Deprecating | |
| Llama 3.2 3B Instruct | 131K | $0.015 | $0.020 | Deprecated | |
| Llama 3.2 1B Instruct | 131K | $0.027 | $0.080 | Deprecated | |
| Llama 3.2 11B | 128K | $0.160 | $0.160 | Available | |
| Llama 3.1 405B Instruct | 131K | $0.120 | $0.300 | Deprecated | |
| Llama 3.1 8B Instruct | 200K | $0.020 | $0.030 | Deprecated | |
| Llama 3.1 70B Instruct | 131K | $0.120 | $0.300 | Available | |
| Llama 3.1 70B | 128K | $0.360 | $0.360 | Available | |
| Llama 3.1 8B | 131K | $0.030 | $0.050 | Available | |
| Llama 3 70B Instruct | 131K | $0.120 | $0.300 | Deprecated | |
| Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct | — | 128K | $0.170 | $0.660 | Current |