Gemini 2.0 Flash vs Llama 4 Scout
Google vs Meta · Prices checked November 11, 2026
Llama 4 Scout is 16 per cent cheaper on blended cost, $0.1600 per million tokens against $0.1900. A single 100K-input, 10K-output job costs $0.0130 on Llama 4 Scout against $0.0140 on Gemini 2.0 Flash.
Pricing and capacity
RatesUSD per million tokens. Prices checked November 11, 2026.
| Metric | Gemini 2.0 Flash | Llama 4 Scout | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / 1M tokens | $0.1000 | $0.1000 | level |
| Output / 1M tokens | $0.4000 | $0.3000 | 25% |
| Blended · 70/30calculated | $0.1900 | $0.1600 | 16% |
| Blended · 50/50calculated | $0.2500 | $0.2000 | 20% |
| Blended · 80/20calculated | $0.1600 | $0.1400 | 13% |
| Blended · 20/80calculated | $0.3400 | $0.2600 | 24% |
| Job cost · 100K + 10Kcalculated | $0.0140 | $0.0130 | 7% |
| Job cost · 1M + 100Kcalculated | $0.1400 | $0.1300 | 7% |
| Context window | 1,000,000 | 512,000 | 49% |
Input and output rates are as published by each provider. Blended and job-cost rows are calculated comparison metrics, not published prices — how they are derived.
Gemini 2.0 Flash leads on 3 of the 5 benchmarks both models report. The widest gap is on LMArena Elo, where Gemini 2.0 Flash leads by 38 points. 1 suite tied. Gemini 2.0 Flash takes a 1,000,000-token context window against 512,000, giving a modest edge for long documents or whole-codebase work.
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash | Llama 4 Scout | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 78% | 79.6% | Llama 4 Scout |
| GPQA Diamond | 65.2% | 57.2% | Gemini 2.0 Flash |
| MATH | 80% | 50.3% | Gemini 2.0 Flash |
| HumanEval | 82% | 82% | Level |
| LMArena Elo | 1360 Elo | 1322 Elo | Gemini 2.0 Flash |
Only suites both models report are listed, so a missing score is never shown as a loss. Figures are provider-published or from public leaderboards and are not independently re-run.
What each model is for
Gemini 2.0 Flash
Google · Efficient
Previous-generation Flash, still widely deployed. Strong default for cheap multimodal traffic.
- Cheap multimodal
- 1M context
- Wide availability
Llama 4 Scout
Meta · Efficient
Long-context Llama 4 with a 512K window, the open-weights answer to long-document workloads.
- 512K context
- Open weights
- MoE efficiency
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.0 Flash or Llama 4 Scout?
Llama 4 Scout is 16 per cent cheaper on blended cost, $0.1600 per million tokens against $0.1900. A single 100K-input, 10K-output job costs $0.0130 on Llama 4 Scout against $0.0140 on Gemini 2.0 Flash. Blended cost weights input at 70% and output at 30%; price your own token split for an exact answer, since the cheaper model on a blended basis is not always cheaper for your workload.
Which performs better, Gemini 2.0 Flash or Llama 4 Scout?
Gemini 2.0 Flash leads on 3 of the 5 benchmarks both models report. The widest gap is on LMArena Elo, where Gemini 2.0 Flash leads by 38 points. 1 suite tied. These are the figures each provider or public leaderboard publishes, not results we re-run, and a benchmark average can hide the specific behaviour your workload depends on.
Which has the larger context window, Gemini 2.0 Flash or Llama 4 Scout?
Gemini 2.0 Flash takes a 1,000,000-token context window against 512,000, giving a modest edge for long documents or whole-codebase work. The context window caps everything in a single request: prompt, retrieved documents, conversation history and the model’s own output all share it.
Can I compare Gemini 2.0 Flash and Llama 4 Scout on my own numbers?
Yes. Open both in the side-by-side comparison tool to see every field at once, or use the token calculator to price your actual prompt and monthly request volume against each model. Both are free and need no sign-up.
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Prices and scores are recomputed on every deploy from the catalogue. Prices checked November 11, 2026.