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R1 Distill Qwen 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.
Model
R1 Distill Qwen 32B
Context window
131K
131,072 tokens · ~98K words
Model
Meta Llama3 2 11b Instruct
Context window
128K
128,000 tokens · ~96K words
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.
R1 Distill Qwen 32B has about 1× the context window of the other in this pair.
R1 Distill Qwen 32B has 2% more context capacity (131K vs 128K tokens). R1 Distill Qwen 32B is 57% cheaper on input.
Quick verdicts
Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.
Long document processing
Use R1 Distill Qwen 32B. Its 131K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 128K).
RAG / high-volume retrieval
Use R1 Distill Qwen 32B. Input tokens are 57% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.
Long output (reports, code files)
Use R1 Distill Qwen 32B. Its 131K max output lets you generate complete artifacts in one request.
Full specs
Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.
| Spec | R1 Distill Qwen 32B | Meta Llama3 2 11b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 131,072 tokens (131K) | 128,000 tokens (128K) |
| Max output tokens | 131,072 tokens (131K) | 4,096 tokens (4K) |
| Speed tier | Deep | Fast |
| Vision | No | Yes |
| Function calling | Yes | Yes |
| Extended thinking | Yes | No |
| Prompt caching | No | No |
| Batch API | No | No |
| Release date | Jan 2025 | N/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.
| Provider | R1 Distill Qwen 32B in | R1 Distill Qwen 32B out | Meta Llama3 2 11b Instruct in | Meta Llama3 2 11b Instruct out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aws Bedrock | — | — | $0.350/M | $0.350/M |
| Deepinfra | $0.270/M | $0.270/M | — | — |
| Fireworks | $0.900/M | $0.900/M | — | — |
| Novita | $0.300/M | $0.300/M | — | — |
| Nscale | $0.150/M | $0.150/M | — | — |
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