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GPT-4o Search Preview vs Llama 4 Scout 17b 16e
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
GPT-4o Search Preview
Context window
128K
128,000 tokens · ~96K words
Model
Llama 4 Scout 17b 16e
Context window
10M
10,000,000 tokens · ~7.5M 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.
Llama 4 Scout 17b 16e has about 78.1× the context window of the other in this pair.
Llama 4 Scout 17b 16e has 7712% more context capacity (10000K vs 128K tokens). Llama 4 Scout 17b 16e is 98% cheaper on input.
Quick verdicts
Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.
Long document processing
Use Llama 4 Scout 17b 16e. Its 10000K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 128K).
RAG / high-volume retrieval
Use Llama 4 Scout 17b 16e. Input tokens are 98% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.
Full specs
Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.
| Spec | GPT-4o Search Preview | Llama 4 Scout 17b 16e |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 128,000 tokens (128K) | 10,000,000 tokens (10000K) |
| Max output tokens | 16,384 tokens (16K) | 16,384 tokens (16K) |
| Speed tier | Balanced | Fast |
| Vision | Yes | Yes |
| Function calling | Yes | Yes |
| Extended thinking | No | No |
| Prompt caching | Yes | No |
| Batch API | Yes | No |
| Release date | Mar 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 | GPT-4o Search Preview in | GPT-4o Search Preview out | Llama 4 Scout 17b 16e in | Llama 4 Scout 17b 16e out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure | — | — | $0.200/M | $0.780/M |
| Deepinfra | — | — | $0.080/M | $0.300/M |
| Groq | — | — | $0.110/M | $0.340/M |
| Lambda | — | — | $0.050/M | $0.100/M |
| Novita | — | — | $0.180/M | $0.590/M |
| Nscale | — | — | $0.090/M | $0.290/M |
| Openai | $2.50/M | $10.00/M | — | — |
| Sambanova | — | — | $0.400/M | $0.700/M |
| Together Ai | — | — | $0.180/M | $0.590/M |
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