Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct (16E) is a mixture-of-experts (MoE) language model developed by Meta, activating 17 billion parameters out of a total of 109B. It supports native multimodal input (text and image) and multilingual output (text and…
Model details →Meta: Llama 4 Scout vs Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (free)
Meta: Llama 4 Scout and Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (free) are evenly matched on 6 axes — pick the one whose provider, latency, or licensing fits your stack.
Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct is a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) code generation model developed by the Qwen team. It is optimized for agentic coding tasks such as function calling, tool use, and long-context reasoning over repositories. The mo…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Meta: Llama 4 Scout | Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (free) | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 328K | 262K | 🏆 Meta: Llama 4 Scout |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.08 | $0.00 | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (free) |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.30 | $0.00 | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (free) |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | — | 🏆 Meta: Llama 4 Scout |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | — | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Meta: Llama 4 Scout better than Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (free)?
Meta: Llama 4 Scout and Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (free) are evenly matched on 6 axes — pick the one whose provider, latency, or licensing fits your stack.
What's the price difference between Meta: Llama 4 Scout and Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (free)?
Input: $0.08 vs $0.00 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.30 vs $0.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Meta: Llama 4 Scout and Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (free) support?
Meta: Llama 4 Scout supports up to 328K tokens. Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (free) supports up to 262K tokens.
Do both Meta: Llama 4 Scout and Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (free) support tool calling?
Meta: Llama 4 Scout: yes. Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (free): yes.