Compare/Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning) vs Llama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision)

Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning)vsLlama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision)

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

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Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning)

Input
$0.03/M
Output
$0.15/M
Speed
220 tok/s
TTFT
0.26s
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Llama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision)

Input
$0.16/M
Output
$0.16/M
Speed
86 tok/s
TTFT
0.35s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning)
Faster (tok/s)
Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning)
Lower Latency
Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning)
Benchmarks (7-5)
Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning)

Pricing Comparison

MetricQwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning)Llama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision)
Input ($/M tokens)$0.03$0.16
Output ($/M tokens)$0.15$0.16
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning)$0.04
Llama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision)$0.18

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning)
220 tok/s
Llama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision)
86 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning)
0.26s
Llama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision)
0.35s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
22.68.7
Coding Index
13.74.3
Math Index
1.7
GPQA Diamond
71.2%22.1%
MMLU-Pro
46.4%
LiveCodeBench
11.0%
AIME 2025
1.7%
MATH-500
51.6%
Humanity's Last Exam
7.5%5.2%
SciCode
18.3%11.2%
IFBench
33.3%30.4%
TerminalBench
11.4%0.8%
Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning)7 wins
5 winsLlama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning) or Llama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision)?

Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.06/M tokens vs $0.16/M for Llama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning) wins 7 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 5 for Llama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision). See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning) generates tokens faster at 220 tok/s vs 86 tok/s. Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning) also has lower time-to-first-token (0.26s vs 0.35s).

When should I use Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning) vs Llama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision)?

Choose based on your priorities: Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning) for lower cost, Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning) for stronger benchmark performance, and Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.