Llama 4 Scout API Provider Benchmarking & Analysis
This analysis is intended to support you in choosing the best API provider of Llama 4 Scout for your use-case.
Lowest Time per Task
Time per Intelligence Index task (minutes)
Total 5 providers
Lowest Cost per Task
Cost per Intelligence Index task
Total 5 providers
Llama 4 Scout is available through 5 API providers, each offering different performance characteristics and pricing. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across providers.
Pricing
Cost per Intelligence Index Task: Llama 4 Scout
Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output: Llama 4 Scout
Output Speed vs. Cost per Task: Llama 4 Scout
Speed
Average of the single-request and multi-turn agentic workloads measured
Output Speed: Llama 4 Scout
Latency
Average of the single-request and multi-turn agentic workloads measured
Time to First Answer Token: Llama 4 Scout
Reliability
Share of requests the endpoint failed, across all the single-request and multi-turn agentic workloads measured
Endpoint Error Rate: Llama 4 Scout
Key Comparison Metrics & API Features
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Llama 4 Scout providers
Llama 4 Scout is available through 5 API providers: Azure, Google Vertex, DeepInfra, Novita, and Amazon. Each provider offers different performance characteristics and pricing.
Llama 4 Scout is currently available through 5 API providers that we benchmark and track.
The providers with the lowest time to first answer token for Llama 4 Scout are Google Vertex (0.92s), DeepInfra (1.05s), and Amazon (1.10s). Lower latency means faster initial response time.
Prices for Llama 4 Scout vary up to 2.5x across providers. The most affordable is DeepInfra at $0.12 per 1M tokens, while Google Vertex charges $0.30 per 1M tokens.
4 of 5 providers support JSON mode for Llama 4 Scout: Azure, Google Vertex, DeepInfra, and Novita.
3 of 5 providers support function calling for Llama 4 Scout: Google Vertex, DeepInfra, and Amazon.
When choosing a provider for Llama 4 Scout, consider: time per task (how quickly the provider completes an Intelligence Index task), latency (for interactive applications requiring quick first responses), pricing (for cost-sensitive workloads), and API features like JSON mode or function calling.
Yes, provider performance can vary over time due to infrastructure changes, load balancing, and updates. We continuously benchmark all providers and display historical performance trends in the "Over Time" charts.
For information about Llama 4 Scout's intelligence, capabilities, modalities, and how it compares to other models, see the model overview page. View model overview