OFFICIAL MODEL PROFILE

Llama 4 Scout 17B-16E

Catalog entry documented by the provider, with clearly scoped public ranking signals.

MetaLlamaCurrent generationGeneral availability
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Official model ID

meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct

Current generation · General availability
Provider
Meta
Model family
Llama
Release generation
Current generation
Catalog status
General availability
Identity reviewed
Jul 24, 2026
Lifecycle last verified
Lifecycle source
Lifecycle source
Lifecycle evidence
The linked official Meta catalog lists the exact model ID meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct as currently available; distribution and deployment access can still vary.
OpenGPT catalog guidance

Best for

  • Privacy.
  • Local.
  • Research.
  • Self-hosted workloads that need a balance of capability and hardware demand.

Strengths

  • Local control.
  • Multimodal analysis.
  • Multilingual work.
  • A medium open-weight role targets a practical local capability and resource trade-off.

Weaknesses

  • Hardware required.
  • Self managed operations.
  • General availability does not guarantee identical capabilities across every product, account, or endpoint.
  • Verify exact capabilities, pricing, latency, context limits, tools, and regional availability with the provider.

Alternatives

These points are OpenGPT decision guidance derived from provider-confirmed family, catalog role, and lifecycle information. They are not measured results for this exact version. Verify capabilities, pricing, latency, context limits, tools, and regional availability with the provider.

Published ranking signals · 1 · User preference

Model family

Family-level guidance

The following summary describes the broader model family from official positioning. It is not a measured result for this exact version.

Model family: Llama

Llama

An open-weight family designed for self-hosting, adaptation, and a broad community ecosystem.

Run or adapt it yourselfEveryday workSolve problems or codeWork across languages
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Family strengths

Greater control over deployment, data path, and customization. Large ecosystem of runtimes, fine-tunes, and hosting options.

Family limitations

Production serving requires hardware, security, and operations work. Results vary widely by model size, quantization, and fine-tune.

Verify the exact version before choosing: capabilities, price, context limits, latency, tools, and regional availability can differ by provider access path.

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Version differences

Compare two catalog model IDs from one model family. Provider IDs, sources and published ranking signals are shown; OpenGPT catalog classification is labeled separately.
Llama 4 Scout 17B-16E / Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Version differencesLlama 4 Scout 17B-16ELlama 3.3 70B Instruct
Official model IDmeta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instructmeta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
Directory statusGeneral availabilityGeneral availability
OpenGPT catalog roleOpen · mediumPrevious
Current public ranking signalsUser preference 232 · 1322User preference 238 · 1318
Provider sourceMetaMeta
Model detailsModel detailsModel details

No verified feature-difference data is available. OpenGPT does not infer speed, price, context length, or quality.

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Published ranking signals

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Published ranking signals
Ranking angleSource positionPublished valueIndependent sourceOpen source result
User preferenceAvailable for in-site data comparison2321322LMArenaText Style Control · Aug 13, 2026Published configuration: Text · Style control · OverallOpen source resultOfficial identity mapping2026-08 · Aug 13, 2026