Nova Lite 1.0 vs Llama 3.2 3B Instruct vs Grok 4.20

Nova Lite 1.0 at $0.069 in and $0.276 out, Llama 3.2 3B Instruct at $0.058 in and $0.380 out, and Grok 4.20 at $1.44 in and $2.88 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

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

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: Grok 4.20 at 2M tokens — about 2,900 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¢

Grok 4.20

0.43¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Nova Lite 1.0

0.06¢

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

0.06¢

Grok 4.20

0.95¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Nova Lite 1.0

1.2¢

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

needs 155K ctx

Grok 4.20

$0.23

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Nova Lite 1.0

0.27¢

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

0.24¢

Grok 4.20

$0.05

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Nova Lite 1.0

1.8¢

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

needs 250K ctx

Grok 4.20

$0.74

Long-context rate applied at this input size.

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

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80% Input20% Output

Nova Lite 1.0

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

Grok 4.20

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

Grok 4.20

Input / 1M tokens

$0.069

$0.058

$1.44

Output / 1M tokens

$0.276

$0.380

$2.88

Cached input / 1M

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$0.230

Web search

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0.57¢ / search

Specs

Nova Lite 1.0

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

Grok 4.20

Provider

Amazon

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

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Grok 4.20 has the largest context window here — 2M tokens.

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

For images or files, Nova Lite 1.0 and Grok 4.20 can read them directly; Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is text-only.

If you want to watch the model think, Grok 4.20 shows reasoning; the others answer directly.

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

Nova Lite 1.0 pricing →Llama 3.2 3B Instruct pricing →Grok 4.20 pricing →Try other combinations →

Questions, answered

Which is cheapest — Nova Lite 1.0, Llama 3.2 3B Instruct, or Grok 4.20?

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¢; Grok 4.20 at 0.95¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

Grok 4.20 — 2M tokens, about 2,900 pages.

Can I run Nova Lite 1.0, Llama 3.2 3B Instruct, and Grok 4.20 side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 3, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 1.1¢ for a typical task.

Ask all three at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 1.1¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.