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Nova Lite 1.0 vs Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

Nova Lite 1.0 at $0.069 in and $0.276 out and Llama 3.2 3B Instruct at $0.058 in and $0.380 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

A

Nova Lite 1.0

Amazon

0.06¢

for a client proposal

$0.069 in · $0.276 out / 1M

300K context · released December 2024

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Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

Meta

0.06¢

for a client proposal

$0.058 in · $0.380 out / 1M

131K context · released September 2024

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.12¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

  • Cheapest input: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct at $0.058 per million tokens.
  • Cheapest output: Nova Lite 1.0 at $0.276 per million tokens.
  • Largest context: Nova Lite 1.0 at 300K tokens — about 430 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out
Nova Lite 1.0
0.03¢
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
0.03¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out
Nova Lite 1.0
0.06¢
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
0.06¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out
Nova Lite 1.0
1.2¢
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
needs 155K ctx

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out
Nova Lite 1.0
0.27¢
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
0.24¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out
Nova Lite 1.0
1.8¢
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
needs 250K ctx

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

Drag the slider to adjust the split between input and output workload.

80% Input20% Output
free$0.06$0.120 tokens250k500k750k1000k
Nova Lite 1.0
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

Adjust the ratio slider to change how output tokens influence the final price for equivalent workloads.

Pricing

Nova Lite 1.0
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Input / 1M tokens
$0.069
$0.058
Output / 1M tokens
$0.276
$0.380

Specs

Nova Lite 1.0
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Provider
Amazon
Meta
Released
December 2024
September 2024
Context window
300K
131K
Max output
5K
131K
Input
Text and Images
Text
Output
Text
Text
Reasoning
Answers directly
Answers directly
Knowledge cutoff
2024-10-31
2023-12-31

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Nova Lite 1.0

Amazon

0.03¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

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Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

Meta

0.03¢

for this task

38% input · 62% output

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All 2, same prompt and context: 0.06¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 8,609 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Nova Lite 1.0 has the largest context window here — 300K tokens.

On price, Nova Lite 1.0 is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.06¢.

For images or files, Nova Lite 1.0 can read them directly; Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is text-only.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

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Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, Nova Lite 1.0 or Llama 3.2 3B Instruct?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Nova Lite 1.0 at 0.06¢; Llama 3.2 3B Instruct at 0.06¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

Nova Lite 1.0 — 300K tokens, about 430 pages.

Can I run Nova Lite 1.0 and Llama 3.2 3B Instruct side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 0.12¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.12¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.

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