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zilo instruct v2 sft filtered vs Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

zilo instruct v2 sft filtered (Arcee AI) and Llama 3.2 1B Instruct (Meta) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 22 September 2026

As of 22 September 2026, zilo instruct v2 sft filtered holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#256 vs #257); and zilo instruct v2 sft filtered ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose zilo instruct v2 sft filtered if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #256 against #257 (3.9 vs 3.3 points).
  • you want to self-host: zilo instruct v2 sft filtered ships open weights while Llama 3.2 1B Instruct is gated access.

Choose Llama 3.2 1B Instruct if…

  • you want provider choice — 1 listed API providers against 0.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Llama 3.2 1B Instruct was listed 25 September 2024, zilo instruct v2 sft filtered 24 May 2024.

zilo instruct v2 sft filtered vs Llama 3.2 1B Instruct: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of zilo instruct v2 sft filtered and Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Fieldzilo instruct v2 sft filteredArcee AILlama 3.2 1B InstructMeta
ModelCap Index position#256#257
Index score3.93.3
EvidenceInheritedMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.027
Output price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.201
Context window— tokens60K tokens
Max output tokens—54K
API providers listed01
Weight accessOpen weightsGated access
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed24 May 202425 September 2024
PublisherArcee AIMeta

Evidence: finetune of mistralai/Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.2 · finetune (100%) · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: zilo instruct v2 sft filtered vs Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

Public benchmark boards where zilo instruct v2 sft filtered or Llama 3.2 1B Instruct has a published result
Boardzilo instruct v2 sft filteredLlama 3.2 1B InstructLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—11491133–1166Only one result
BFCL V4UC Berkeley (Gorilla)—10.8Function callingOnly one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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zilo instruct v2 sft filtered vs Llama 3.2 1B Instruct: common questions

Is zilo instruct v2 sft filtered better than Llama 3.2 1B Instruct?

zilo instruct v2 sft filtered ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 22 September 2026: #256 against #257. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is zilo instruct v2 sft filtered cheaper than Llama 3.2 1B Instruct?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, zilo instruct v2 sft filtered or Llama 3.2 1B Instruct?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, zilo instruct v2 sft filtered or Llama 3.2 1B Instruct?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are zilo instruct v2 sft filtered and Llama 3.2 1B Instruct open-weight models?

zilo instruct v2 sft filtered: Open weights. Llama 3.2 1B Instruct: Gated access. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run zilo instruct v2 sft filtered and Llama 3.2 1B Instruct?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for zilo instruct v2 sft filtered and 1 for Llama 3.2 1B Instruct, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this zilo instruct v2 sft filtered vs Llama 3.2 1B Instruct comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 22 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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