Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

Llama 3.2 1B is a 1-billion-parameter language model focused on efficiently performing natural language tasks, such as summarization, dialogue, and multilingual text analysis. Its smaller size allows it to operate...

by Meta

Overview

Quick stats across all benchmark runs.

Score

42%

260 benchmarks

Avg Latency

30.8s

711 requests

Pricing

$0.03 in / $0.20 out

per 1M tokens

Context

60K

tokens

Alternatives

Models with similar or better quality but different tradeoffs

Same Quality, Cheaper

Models with similar or better performance at a lower cost per token.

Model	Cost
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct	-85%
Nova Micro 1.0	-84%
Nova Lite 1.0	-75%
Ministral 3 3B 2512	-60%
Llama 4 Scout	-57%

Same Quality, Faster

Models with similar or better performance but lower latency.

Model	Latency
Nova Micro 1.0	-92%
Claude 3 Haiku	-89%
Nova Lite 1.0	-89%
Gemini 3 Flash Preview	-83%
Ministral 3 3B 2512	-83%

Same Cost, Better

Models at a similar price point with higher benchmark scores.

Model	Score
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite	+43%
gpt-oss-20b	+41%
Ministral 3 14B 2512	+37%
Llama 4 Scout	+35%
Ministral 3 8B 2512	+34%

Benchmark Performance

How this model performs across different benchmarks

Benchmark	Score	Rank
Categorization Bench	44%	32 / 54
German Memelord Bench	42%	11 / 29
Explain Like I'm 5	34%	32 / 47
Money Boy Cultural Literacy Test	25%	97 / 107
Spatial Reasoning: Germany	18%	29 / 29
Character Frequency Bench	15%	29 / 29
Venture Capital Terms Benchmark	11%	12 / 21
Niederstetten Benchmark	2%	34 / 35

Price vs Performance

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Score Over Time

Performance trends across all benchmark runs

Benchmark Activity

Number of benchmark runs over time

Quickstart

View on OpenRouter

Get started with this model using OpenRouter

import { OpenRouter } from "@openrouter/sdk";

const openrouter = new OpenRouter({
  apiKey: "<OPENROUTER_API_KEY>"
});

const completion = await openrouter.chat.completions.create({
  model: "meta-llama/llama-3.2-1b-instruct",
  messages: [
    {
      role: "user",
      content: "Hello!"
    }
  ]
});

console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);

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Other Models from Meta

Compare performance with other models from the same creator

Model	Latency	Cost/1M	Score
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct	20.5s	$0.21	41%
Llama 4 Maverick	4.7s	$0.38	38%
Llama 4 Scout	6.6s	$0.19	38%
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct	31.0s	$0.19	0%
Llama Guard 3 8B	6.6s	$0.26	—
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct	14.5s	$0.40	—
Llama 3.2 90B Vision Instruct	—	$0.38	—
Llama Guard 4 12B	513ms	$0.18	—
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct	23.7s	$0.03	—
Llama 3 70B Instruct	20.1s	$0.63	—
Llama 3 8B Instruct	8.8s	$0.04	—
Llama 3.2 11B Vision Instruct	44.8s	$0.24	—
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct	—	Free	—
Llama 3.1 405B (base)	39.5s	$4.00	—
LlamaGuard 2 8B	1.6s	$0.20	—