LLaMA 4 Scoutvso3
LLaMA 4 Scout | o3 | |
|---|---|---|
| API pricingUSD per 1M tokens · lower wins | ||
Input priceWhat you pay for everything you send the model — your question, plus any documents or earlier conversation you include with it. | — | $2.00 |
Output priceWhat you pay for the text the model writes back. It is normally the dearer half: producing an answer costs more than reading one. | — | $8.00 |
Cached input priceA reduced rate for text you send over and over. If every request starts with the same instructions or the same document, the provider keeps a copy ready and charges less to read it again. | — | $0.50 |
Cheapest inputLowest input rate across third-party providers, excluding the lab itself. The cheapest endpoint may run a quantised build or a shorter context — see "Available from" on the model page. | $0.10DeepInfra | — |
Cheapest outputLowest output rate across third-party providers, excluding the lab itself. May come from a different provider than the cheapest input. | $0.30DeepInfra | — |
| Benchmarks | ||
BullshitBench v2Nonsense detection — Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | 19% | 26% |
| Overview | ||
| Company | Meta | OpenAI |
| Release date | Apr 5 2025 | Apr 16 2025 |
| Access | Open Weight | Proprietary |
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Frequently asked questions
o3 leads LLaMA 4 Scout on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (BullshitBench v2). Only o3 has a verified first-party API price: $2.00 per million input tokens and $8.00 per million output tokens. No pay-as-you-go API rate is tracked for LLaMA 4 Scout. LLaMA 4 Scout shipped 11 days before o3, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
LLaMA 4 Scout is open weight, while o3 is proprietary.
On BullshitBench v2, o3 leads at 26% vs LLaMA 4 Scout at 19%.
LLaMA 4 Scout was released by Meta on Apr 5 2025.
o3 was released by OpenAI on Apr 16 2025.
Only o3 has a verified first-party API price: $2.00 per million input tokens and $8.00 per million output tokens. No pay-as-you-go API rate is tracked for LLaMA 4 Scout. Rates are pay-as-you-go API prices verified on August 18, 2026.
LLaMA 4 Scout is an open weight model released by Meta. o3 is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.