Compare/Llama 3.2 Instruct 90B (Vision) vs Qwen3 0.6B (Reasoning)

Llama 3.2 Instruct 90B (Vision)vsQwen3 0.6B (Reasoning)

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

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Llama 3.2 Instruct 90B (Vision)

Input
$1.38/M
Output
$1.38/M
Speed
45 tok/s
TTFT
0.57s
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Qwen3 0.6B (Reasoning)

Input
$0.11/M
Output
$1.26/M
Speed
226 tok/s
TTFT
0.92s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Qwen3 0.6B (Reasoning)
Faster (tok/s)
Qwen3 0.6B (Reasoning)
Lower Latency
Llama 3.2 Instruct 90B (Vision)
Benchmarks (5-7)
Qwen3 0.6B (Reasoning)

Pricing Comparison

MetricLlama 3.2 Instruct 90B (Vision)Qwen3 0.6B (Reasoning)
Input ($/M tokens)$1.38$0.11
Output ($/M tokens)$1.38$1.26
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Llama 3.2 Instruct 90B (Vision)$1.52
Qwen3 0.6B (Reasoning)$0.24

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Llama 3.2 Instruct 90B (Vision)
45 tok/s
Qwen3 0.6B (Reasoning)
226 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Llama 3.2 Instruct 90B (Vision)
0.57s
Qwen3 0.6B (Reasoning)
0.92s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
11.96.5
Coding Index
0.9
Math Index
18.0
GPQA Diamond
43.2%23.9%
MMLU-Pro
67.1%34.7%
LiveCodeBench
21.4%12.1%
AIME 2025
18.0%
MATH-500
62.9%75.0%
Humanity's Last Exam
4.9%5.7%
SciCode
24.0%2.8%
IFBench
23.3%
TerminalBench
0.0%
Llama 3.2 Instruct 90B (Vision)5 wins
7 winsQwen3 0.6B (Reasoning)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Llama 3.2 Instruct 90B (Vision) or Qwen3 0.6B (Reasoning)?

Qwen3 0.6B (Reasoning) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.40/M tokens vs $1.38/M for Llama 3.2 Instruct 90B (Vision).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Qwen3 0.6B (Reasoning) wins 7 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 5 for Llama 3.2 Instruct 90B (Vision). See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

Qwen3 0.6B (Reasoning) generates tokens faster at 226 tok/s vs 45 tok/s. Llama 3.2 Instruct 90B (Vision) also has lower time-to-first-token (0.57s vs 0.92s).

When should I use Llama 3.2 Instruct 90B (Vision) vs Qwen3 0.6B (Reasoning)?

Choose based on your priorities: Qwen3 0.6B (Reasoning) for lower cost, Qwen3 0.6B (Reasoning) for stronger benchmark performance, and Qwen3 0.6B (Reasoning) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.