Llama 3.2 90B Vision vs Qwen3.5-397B-A17B

Name: Llama 3.2 90B Vision
Author: AI at Meta

Llama 3.2 90B Vision (2024) and Qwen3.5-397B-A17B (2026) are frontier reasoning models from AI at Meta and Alibaba. Llama 3.2 90B Vision ships a 128k-token context window, while Qwen3.5-397B-A17B ships a 262k-token context window. On Massive Multi-discipline Multimodal Understanding, Qwen3.5-397B-A17B leads by 24.7 pts. On pricing, Qwen3.5-397B-A17B costs $0.39/1M input tokens versus $1.35/1M for the alternative. This comparison covers specs, pricing, API access, capabilities, benchmarks, input and output token costs, and production fit for coding and agent workloads.

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B is ~246% cheaper at $0.39/1M; pay for Llama 3.2 90B Vision only for vision-heavy evaluation.

Decision scorecard

Local evidence first

Signal	Llama 3.2 90B Vision	Qwen3.5-397B-A17B	How to read it
Best for	multimodal apps	reasoning-heavy apps, multimodal apps, and tool-calling agents	Use-case synthesis from product type, capability flags, context, and provider data.
Decision fit	RAG, Long context, and Vision	Coding, RAG, and Agents	Primary workload tags from local decision data.
Context window	128k	262k	Higher is better when prompts, retrieval chunks, or transcripts are large.
Cheapest output	$1.80/1M tokens	$2.34/1M tokens	Cheapest tracked provider route; verify your exact region and tier.
Provider routes	1 tracked	4 tracked	Broader coverage can reduce vendor lock-in and fallback risk.
Shared benchmarks	1 shared	Massive Multi-discipline Multimodal Understanding leader	Visible benchmark lead is 24.7 points on Massive Multi-discipline Multimodal Understanding.

Decision tradeoffs

Choose Llama 3.2 90B Vision when...

Llama 3.2 90B Vision has the lower cheapest tracked output price at $1.80/1M tokens.
Local decision data tags Llama 3.2 90B Vision for RAG, Long context, and Vision.

Choose Qwen3.5-397B-A17B when...

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B holds a shared-benchmark lead on Massive Multi-discipline Multimodal Understanding, ahead by 24.7 points.
Qwen3.5-397B-A17B has the larger context window for long prompts, retrieval packs, or transcript analysis.
Qwen3.5-397B-A17B has broader tracked provider coverage for fallback and route flexibility.
Qwen3.5-397B-A17B uniquely exposes Multimodal, Reasoning, and JSON / Tool use in local model data.
Local decision data tags Qwen3.5-397B-A17B for Coding, RAG, and Agents.

Monthly cost at traffic

Estimate token spend from the cheapest tracked input and output route or tier on this page.

Lower estimate Qwen3.5-397B-A17B

Requests / monthInput tokens / requestOutput tokens / request

Llama 3.2 90B Vision

$1,530

Cheapest tracked route/tier: AWS Bedrock

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B

$897

Cheapest tracked route/tier: OpenRouter

Estimated monthly gap: $633. Batch, cache, alternate speed tiers, and negotiated pricing are excluded from this local estimate.

Switch friction

Llama 3.2 90B Vision -> Qwen3.5-397B-A17B

No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Llama 3.2 90B Vision and Qwen3.5-397B-A17B; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
Qwen3.5-397B-A17B is $0.54/1M tokens higher on cheapest tracked output pricing, so quality gains need to justify the spend.
Qwen3.5-397B-A17B adds Multimodal, Reasoning, and JSON / Tool use in local capability data.

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B -> Llama 3.2 90B Vision

No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Qwen3.5-397B-A17B and Llama 3.2 90B Vision; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
Llama 3.2 90B Vision is $0.54/1M tokens lower on cheapest tracked output pricing before cache, batch, or negotiated discounts.
Check replacement coverage for Multimodal, Reasoning, and JSON / Tool use before moving production traffic.

Specs

Specification	Llama 3.2 90B Vision AI at Meta	Qwen3.5-397B-A17B Alibaba
Released	2024-09-25	2026-02-16
Context window	128k	262k
Parameters	88.8B	397B
Architecture	Decoder Only	Mixture of Experts
License	Llama 3 Community	Apache 2.0OSI-approved
Openness	Open weights	Open source
Weights	Unknown	Available
Code	Unknown	Unknown
Commercial use	Commercial use: conditional	Commercial use: permitted
Knowledge cutoff	2024-03	-

Pricing and availability

Pricing attribute	Llama 3.2 90B Vision	Qwen3.5-397B-A17B
Input price	$1.35/1M tokens	$0.39/1M tokens
Output price	$1.80/1M tokens	$2.34/1M tokens
Providers	AWS Bedrock	OpenRouter Together AI Alibaba Cloud PAI-EAS Novita AI

Capabilities

Capability	Llama 3.2 90B Vision	Qwen3.5-397B-A17B
Vision	Yes	Yes
Multimodal	No	Yes
Reasoning	No	Yes
JSON / Tool use	No	Yes
Structured outputs	Yes	Yes
Code execution	No	No
IDE integration	No	No
Computer use	No	No
Parallel agents	No	No

Benchmarks

Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B Vision	Qwen3.5-397B-A17B
Massive Multi-discipline Multimodal Understanding	60.3	85.0

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Last reviewed: 2026-07-09. Data sourced from public model cards and provider documentation.

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