Llama 4 Scout vs. Claude Instant
Comparison between Llama 4 Scout and Claude Instant across intelligence, price, speed, context window and more.
For details relating to our methodology, see our Methodology page.
Highlights
Model Comparison
Llama 4 Scout | Claude Instant | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence Index | 10 | 2* | Llama 4 Scout is more intelligent than Claude Instant |
| Context Window | 10000k tokens~15,000 A4 pages of size 12 Arial font | 100k tokens~150 A4 pages of size 12 Arial font | Llama 4 Scout has a larger context window than Claude Instant |
| Release Date | April 2025 | March 2023 | Llama 4 Scout has a more recent release date than Claude Instant |
| Knowledge Cutoff | August 2024 | January 2023 | Llama 4 Scout has a more recent knowledge cutoff than Claude Instant |
| Reasoning | No | No | Neither Llama 4 Scout nor Claude Instant have reasoning |
| Image Input Support | Yes | No | Llama 4 Scout has image input support while Claude Instant does not |
| Open Source (Weights) | No | Llama 4 Scout is open source while Claude Instant is proprietary |
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index by Open Weights / Proprietary
Intelligence Evaluations
Agentic real-world work tasks, (Elo-500)/2000
Agentic tool use
Agentic coding & terminal use
Coding
Reasoning & knowledge
Scientific reasoning
Physics reasoning
Knowledge
1 - hallucination rate
Long context reasoning
Agentic knowledge work, Elo
Agentic SaaS workflows
Legal agentic work, criterion pass rate
Agentic business operations
Instruction following
Long-horizon agentic tasks
Kubernetes incident root-cause analysis
Visual reasoning
AA-Briefcase
AA-Briefcase Elo
AA-Omniscience
AA-Omniscience Index
Openness Index
Artificial Analysis Openness Index: Score
Intelligence Index Comparisons
Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Token Use
Output Tokens per Intelligence Index Task
Cost
Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Cost to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output
Context Window
Context Window
Speed
Measured by Output Speed (tokens per second)
Output Speed
Time per Intelligence Index Task
Latency
Measured by Time (seconds) to First Token
Latency: Time To First Answer Token
End-to-End Response Time
Seconds to output 500 tokens, calculated based on time to first token, 'thinking' time for reasoning models, and output speed
End-to-End Response Time
Model Size (Open Weights Models Only)
Model Size: Total and Active Parameters
Frequently Asked Questions
Llama 4 Scout is more intelligent. Llama 4 Scout scores 10, compared with Claude Instant at 2 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.
Llama 4 Scout has a larger context window. Llama 4 Scout supports 10M tokens, compared with Claude Instant at 100k tokens.