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MetaReleased April 5, 2025

Llama 4 Scout

Meta · Released April 5, 2025

Intelligence score

10

At a glance

Intelligence
10
Speed
108.5tokens/sec
Latency
860mstime to first token
Input price
$0.17per 1M tokens
Output price
$0.66per 1M tokens
Context window
10.0Mtokens
Parameters
109billions

Summary

Comparison summary

Llama 4 Scout scores 10 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it well above average among other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 7). Llama 4 Scout generates output at 108.5 tokens per second (based on the median across providers serving the model), which is above average compared to other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 81.5 t/s). Llama 4 Scout costs $0.17 per 1M input tokens (very competitive, median: $0.53) and $0.66 per 1M output tokens (better than average, median: $1.05), based on the median across providers serving the model.

Specifications

Technical specifications

Model nameLlama 4 Scout
ProviderMeta
Release dateApril 5, 2025
Intelligence score10
Speed108.5 tokens/sec
Latency (TTFT)0.86s
Input price$0.17 / 1M tokens
Output price$0.66 / 1M tokens
Context window10,000,000 tokens
Parameters109B
ReasoningNo
Input modalitiestext, image
Output modalities—
Open weightsYes
LicenseLLAMA 4 COMMUNITY LICENSE AGREEMENT
API availability—
SourceModel Intelligence legacy profile: llama-4-scout

Pricing

Token prices

Price per 1M tokens

Llama 4 Scout, as listed in the catalog record

Input $0.17 and output $0.66 per 1M tokens. Missing prices are hatched and marked "Not published".
  1. Input$0.17
  2. Output$0.66

Model Intelligence legacy profile: llama-4-scout

FAQ · 22

Frequently asked questions

Llama 4 Scout was released on April 5, 2025.

Llama 4 Scout was created by Meta.

Llama 4 Scout scores 10 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it well above average among other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 7).

Llama 4 Scout generates output at 108.5 tokens per second (based on the median across providers serving the model), which is above average compared to other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 81.5 t/s).

Llama 4 Scout has a time to first token (TTFT) of 0.86s (based on the median across providers serving the model), which is very competitive compared to other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 1.59s).

Llama 4 Scout costs $0.17 per 1M input tokens (very competitive, median: $0.53) and $0.66 per 1M output tokens (better than average, median: $1.05), based on the median across providers serving the model.

Llama 4 Scout costs $0.17 per 1M input tokens and $0.66 per 1M output tokens (based on the median across providers serving the model). For a blended rate (7:2:1 cache hit/input/output ratio), this is $0.22 per 1M tokens. Pricing may vary by provider.

When evaluated on the Intelligence Index, Llama 4 Scout generated 4.1M output tokens, which is very competitive compared to other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 9.2M).

No, Llama 4 Scout is not a reasoning model. It provides direct responses without extended chain-of-thought reasoning.

Llama 4 Scout supports text and image input.

Llama 4 Scout supports text output.

Yes, Llama 4 Scout supports image input and can analyze, describe, and answer questions about images.

Yes, Llama 4 Scout is multimodal. It can process text and image input and generate text output.

Llama 4 Scout has a context window of 10M tokens. This determines how much text and conversation history the model can process in a single request.

Yes, Llama 4 Scout is open weights. The model weights are publicly available and can be downloaded for self-hosting.

Llama 4 Scout has 109 billion parameters (17 billion active).

Llama 4 Scout is a Mixture of Experts (MoE) model with 109 billion total parameters, but only 17 billion active parameters are used during inference.

Llama 4 Scout is released under the LLAMA 4 COMMUNITY LICENSE AGREEMENT license. This license allows commercial use.

Llama 4 Scout achieves a score of 10 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. This composite benchmark evaluates models across reasoning, knowledge, mathematics, and coding.

Llama 4 Scout has a knowledge cutoff of August 2024. The model's training data includes information up to this date.

Yes, Llama 4 Scout is available via API through 9 providers.

Llama 4 Scout is available through 9 API providers.