Model Comparison

Llama 4 Scout vs Qwen3 235B A22B (Non-reasoning)

Meta vs Alibaba

Side-by-side benchmarks, pricing, and value analysis. See which model costs less per intelligence point.

Llama 4 Scout (Meta) and Qwen3 235B A22B (Non-reasoning) (Alibaba) are both large language models available via API. On list price, Llama 4 Scout is cheaper, while Qwen3 235B A22B (Non-reasoning) scores higher on benchmarks. When you factor in token efficiency — how many tokens each model needs for the same task — Llama 4 Scout delivers more intelligence per dollar. List prices can be misleading because different models consume different numbers of tokens for the same work. The effective costs below adjust for this using benchmark data, so you can compare what equivalent work actually costs.

Benchmark Scores

Intelligence Index

Llama 4 Scout 13.5
Qwen3 235B A22B (Non-reasoning) 16.9

MMLU-Pro

Llama 4 Scout 0.8
Qwen3 235B A22B (Non-reasoning) 0.8

GPQA

Llama 4 Scout 0.6
Qwen3 235B A22B (Non-reasoning) 0.6

AIME

Llama 4 Scout 0.3
Qwen3 235B A22B (Non-reasoning) 0.3

Performance

Metric Llama 4 Scout Qwen3 235B A22B (Non-reasoning) Gap
Output tokens/sec 157.4 45.3 3.5x
Time to first token 0.47s 1.12s 2.4x
Context window 128,000 32,000 4.0x

Pricing per 1M Tokens

Metric Llama 4 Scout Qwen3 235B A22B (Non-reasoning) Gap
Input price / 1M tokens $0.18 $0.7 3.9x
Output price / 1M tokens $0.625 $2.8 4.5x
Cache hit price / 1M tokens $0.125 $0.15 1.2x

Effective Cost per 1M Tokens

List prices adjusted for token efficiency. Different models use different numbers of tokens for the same task — these prices reflect what equivalent work actually costs.

Metric Llama 4 Scout Qwen3 235B A22B (Non-reasoning) Gap
Input (adjusted) / 1M $1.8818 $0.067 28.1x
Output (adjusted) / 1M $0.1194 $14.656 122.7x
Input token ratio 10.45x 0.10x
Output token ratio 0.19x 5.23x

Intelligence vs Price

Higher is smarter, further left is cheaper. Top-left is best value. Prices adjusted for token efficiency.

10 15 20 25 30 35 40 $1 $2 $5 $10 $20 $50 $100 $200 Effective $/1M tokens (input + output) Intelligence Index Claude 4.5 Sonn... Gemini 2.5 Pro Grok 3 mini Rea... GPT-4.1 Gemini 2.5 Flas... Claude 4 Sonnet... GPT-4.1 mini DeepSeek R1 052... Llama 4 Scout Qwen3 235B A22B (Non-reasoning)
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Value Analysis

Cheaper

Llama 4 Scout

Higher Benchmarks

Qwen3 235B A22B (Non-reasoning)

Better Value ($/IQ point)

Llama 4 Scout

Llama 4 Scout

$0.15 / IQ point

Qwen3 235B A22B (Non-reasoning)

$0.87 / IQ point

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Llama 4 Scout or Qwen3 235B A22B (Non-reasoning)?

Llama 4 Scout is cheaper on list price. Llama 4 Scout costs $0.18/M input and $0.625/M output tokens. Qwen3 235B A22B (Non-reasoning) costs $0.7/M input and $2.8/M output tokens. On combined list price, Llama 4 Scout is 4.3x cheaper than Qwen3 235B A22B (Non-reasoning). However, list prices alone can be misleading because different models use different numbers of tokens for the same task. Check the effective cost comparison above, which adjusts for token efficiency using benchmark data.

Which scores higher on benchmarks, Llama 4 Scout or Qwen3 235B A22B (Non-reasoning)?

Qwen3 235B A22B (Non-reasoning) has a higher Intelligence Index (16.9) compared to Llama 4 Scout (13.5). The Intelligence Index is a composite score from three industry-standard benchmarks: MMLU-Pro (general knowledge and reasoning), GPQA (graduate-level science), and AIME (mathematical problem solving). A higher score means the model produces more accurate and capable responses across a broad range of tasks. This composite approach is more reliable than any single benchmark because it measures different types of capability.

Which model is better value for money, Llama 4 Scout or Qwen3 235B A22B (Non-reasoning)?

Llama 4 Scout offers better value at $0.15 per intelligence point compared to Qwen3 235B A22B (Non-reasoning) at $0.87 per intelligence point. Cost per intelligence point measures how much you pay for each unit of benchmark performance, calculated as the combined token cost divided by the Intelligence Index score. When token efficiency data is available, this calculation uses effective prices (adjusted for the fact that different models consume different numbers of tokens for the same task) rather than raw list prices. A lower cost per intelligence point means you get more capability per dollar.

Which has a larger context window, Llama 4 Scout or Qwen3 235B A22B (Non-reasoning)?

Llama 4 Scout supports 128,000 tokens compared to Qwen3 235B A22B (Non-reasoning) with 32,000 tokens. The context window determines how much text (including your prompt, conversation history, and documents) the model can process in a single request. A larger context window is important for tasks like document summarization, long-form analysis, and multi-turn conversations with extensive history. If your use case involves processing large inputs, the context window may be a deciding factor.

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