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Alibaba Qwen3 32b vs Meta Llama3 2 11b Instruct

This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.

Alibaba

Model

Alibaba Qwen3 32b

Context window

131K

131,072 tokens · ~98K words

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Meta

Model

Meta Llama3 2 11b Instruct

Image inputTool calling

Context window

128K

128,000 tokens · ~96K words

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Context window · side by side

Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.

Alibaba Qwen3 32b131K
Meta Llama3 2 11b Instruct128K

Alibaba Qwen3 32b has about 1× the context window of the other in this pair.

Alibaba Qwen3 32b has 2% more context capacity (131K vs 128K tokens).

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Alibaba Qwen3 32b. Its 131K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 128K).

Full specs

Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.

SpecAlibaba Qwen3 32bMeta Llama3 2 11b Instruct
Context window131,072 tokens (131K)128,000 tokens (128K)
Max output tokensN/A4,096 tokens (4K)
Speed tierBalancedFast
VisionNoYes
Function callingNoYes
Extended thinkingNoNo
Prompt cachingNoNo
Batch APINoNo
Release dateN/AN/A

Pricing matrix

Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.

ProviderAlibaba Qwen3 32b inAlibaba Qwen3 32b outMeta Llama3 2 11b Instruct inMeta Llama3 2 11b Instruct out
Aws Bedrock$0.350/M$0.350/M
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Frequently asked questions

Alibaba Qwen3 32b has a larger context window: 131K tokens vs 128K. For long documents, large codebases, or extended agent sessions, the larger context window reduces the need to chunk inputs or summarize history.

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