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Llama 4 Scout vs GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct

Llama 4 Scout (Meta) and GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct (OpenAI) 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 17 August 2026

As of 17 August 2026, Llama 4 Scout holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#104 vs #107); Llama 4 Scout is 6.7× cheaper per output token ($0.30/1M vs $2.00/1M); and Llama 4 Scout offers the longer context window (1.3M vs 4K tokens).

Which should you choose?

Choose Llama 4 Scout if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #104 against #107 (22.5 vs 22.5 points).
  • API cost matters — $0.30/1M output tokens against $2.00/1M, about 6.7× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.10/1M against $1.50/1M.
  • you need the longer context window — 1.3M tokens against 4K.
  • you want provider choice — 4 listed API providers against 1.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Llama 4 Scout was listed 5 April 2025, GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct 28 September 2023.

Choose GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct if…

  • ModelCap publishes no field on which GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct leads Llama 4 Scout for this pair.

Llama 4 Scout vs GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Llama 4 Scout and GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct
FieldLlama 4 ScoutMetaGPT-3.5 Turbo InstructOpenAI
ModelCap Index position#104#107
Index score22.522.5
EvidenceMeasuredEstimated
Input price / 1M tokens$0.10$1.50
Output price / 1M tokens$0.30$2.00
Context window1.3M tokens4K tokens
Max output tokens16K4K
API providers listed41
Weight accessGated accessAPI only
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
First listed5 April 202528 September 2023
PublisherMetaOpenAI

Evidence: 4 public benchmark observations across 4 boards · publisher corpus prior · leave-one-anchor-out calibrated. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Llama 4 Scout vs GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct

Public benchmark boards where Llama 4 Scout or GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct has a published result
BoardLlama 4 ScoutGPT-3.5 Turbo InstructLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)13621353–1370—Only one result
ARC-AGI-2ARC Prize Foundation0.0%—Only one result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis10.3intelligence-index—Only 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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Llama 4 Scout vs GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct: common questions

Is Llama 4 Scout better than GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct?

Llama 4 Scout ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 17 August 2026: #104 against #107. 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.

Is Llama 4 Scout cheaper than GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct?

Llama 4 Scout is cheaper on output tokens: $0.30/1M against $2.00/1M. Input tokens are $0.10/1M for Llama 4 Scout and $1.50/1M for GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, Llama 4 Scout or GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct?

Llama 4 Scout has the larger context window: 1.3M tokens against 4K.

Which is better for coding, Llama 4 Scout or GPT-3.5 Turbo 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 Llama 4 Scout and GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct open-weight models?

Llama 4 Scout: Gated access. GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct: API only. 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 Llama 4 Scout and GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct?

ModelCap currently lists 4 API providers for Llama 4 Scout and 1 for GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Llama 4 Scout vs GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 17 August 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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