Llama 4 Scout vs Ring-2.6-1T

Which is better for the money: Llama 4 Scout by Meta or Ring-2.6-1T by InclusionAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.

Trade-off

MetaLlama 4 ScoutOff the frontier

Intelligence: 6.50
Total cost: $73.6

InclusionAIRing-2.6-1TOff the frontier

Intelligence: 16.60
Total cost: $576

Verdict

Depends on your budget

Ring-2.6-1T scores 10.1 points higher (16.6 vs 6.5) but costs 7.8× as much to run the benchmark ($576 vs $73.6; premium vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Ring-2.6-1T when you need intelligence above 6.5, and Llama 4 Scout when 6.5 is enough.

Metric	Llama 4 Scout	Ring-2.6-1T	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	6.5	16.6	+155.4% Ring-2.6-1T is 2.6× more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$73.56	$575.60	+682.5% Ring-2.6-1T is 7.8× more expensive
End-to-end time (lower is better)	4.99s	24.04s	+381.8% Ring-2.6-1T is 381.8% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$0.18 / $0.66	$0.30 / $2.50
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Ring-2.6-1T vs Llama 4 Scout: 155.4% more intelligence, 682.5% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 381.8% slower end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

Llama 4 Scout is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Xhigh) scores 34.60 for $66.8.
Ring-2.6-1T is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (High) scores 50.20 for $521.

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