Llama 4 Scout
By Meta · released 2025-04-05 (18 months) · snapshot 2026-10-24
- Intelligence index
- 6.50
- Cost to run the AA index
- $73.6
- Price per 1M tokens (in / out)
- $0.18 / $0.66
- End-to-end time
- 5.16s
Is Llama 4 Scout on the Pareto frontier, and what beats it?
Off the frontier
No. GPT-6 Luna (Xhigh) is at least as smart for the same money or less.
Next step up: Claude Haiku 5.5 (High), smarter but dearer.
| # | Model | Creator | Intelligence | Total cost | E2E total | Open | Released | Frontier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Llama 4 Scout | Meta | 6.50 | $73.6 | 5.16s | 2025-04-05 | ||
| 2 | GPT-6 Luna (Xhigh) | OpenAI | 34.60 | $66.8 | 21.3s | 2026-09-22 | Frontier | |
| 3 | Claude Haiku 5.5 (High) | Anthropic | 37.80 | $94.1 | 26.0s | 2026-10-07 | Frontier |
Open in the picker Daily check URL: 200 on the frontier, 409 once beaten
Llama 4 Scout today
Intelligence: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. Cost: total cost to run that benchmark, so reasoning tokens count. API id: llama-4-scout.
Compare head to head
Suggested: what beats it, its effort levels, and frontier models near its price.
- Llama 4 Scout vs GPT-6 Luna (Xhigh)
- Llama 4 Scout vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (High)
- Llama 4 Scout vs GPT-6 Luna (Medium)
- Llama 4 Scout vs GPT-6 Luna (High)
- Llama 4 Scout vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium)
- Llama 4 Scout vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash
- Llama 4 Scout vs GPT-6 Luna (Max)
- Llama 4 Scout vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh)
- Llama 4 Scout vs MiMo-V2.6-Pro
What the Llama 4 Scout release did to the frontier on 2025-04-05
None of its 1 effort levels reached the frontier at launch.
Closest miss: Llama 4 Scout, 3.2 points below DeepSeek V3 0324 at 3.7× the cost.
Should you use Llama 4 Scout?
Should you use Llama 4 Scout?
Only when it fits your setup: GPT-6 Luna (Xhigh) is at least as smart for the same money or less, so Llama 4 Scout is off the value frontier today.
What is better and cheaper than Llama 4 Scout?
GPT-6 Luna (Xhigh) — at least as smart for the same money or less.
How much does Llama 4 Scout cost?
$0.18/$0.66 in/out per 1M tokens, and $73.6 to run the full Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, the honest all-in number for reasoning models.
Is Llama 4 Scout on the Pareto frontier?
No: GPT-6 Luna (Xhigh) beats it on intelligence, cost, or both.
Frontier membership by axis pair
Other axis pairs where Llama 4 Scout is Pareto-optimal.
| Y axis | X axis | On the frontier |
|---|---|---|
| AA intelligence index | AA total cost to run (USD) | |
| AA intelligence index | End-to-end total seconds | |
| AA intelligence index | Output speed tokens/sec |
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