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Llama 4 Scout vs QvQ-72B-Preview

Llama 4 Scout and QvQ-72B-Preview are closely matched at 7.3 and 7.5 on the LLM Stats Score.

Meta · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Llama 4 Scout and QvQ-72B-Preview are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 7.3 and 7.5.

In the 2 individual benchmarks reported for both models, QvQ-72B-Preview wins 2; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Llama 4 Scout

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Apr 2025

Choose QvQ-72B-Preview

  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 2 of 2 exact shared results

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Llama 4 Scout
Meta
QvQ-72B-Preview
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
7.3
#324
7.5
#322
Reasoning
6.0
#327
7.8
#315
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
0 of 2
2 of 2
Input price
$0.08 / M
— / M
Output price
$0.30 / M
— / M
Context window
10,000,000
—

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

3 shared
Index
Llama 4 Scout
QvQ-72B-Preview
Math
12.7#253
9.4#275
Vision
9.3#153
6.2#176
Multimodal
12.4#128
9.3#142
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

12 reported for Llama 4 Scout · 4 for QvQ-72B-Preview

2 shared

Llama 4 Scout outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while QvQ-72B-Preview is better at 2 benchmarks (MathVista, MMMU).

QvQ-72B-Preview significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Tue Nov 03 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

35.6B diff

Llama 4 Scout has 35.6B more parameters than QvQ-72B-Preview, making it 48.5% larger.

Meta
Llama 4 Scout
109.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QvQ-72B-Preview
73.4Bparameters
109.0B
Llama 4 Scout
73.4B
QvQ-72B-Preview

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Llama 4 Scout specifies input context (10,000,000 tokens). Only Llama 4 Scout specifies output context (10,000,000 tokens).

Meta
Llama 4 Scout
Input10,000,000 tokens
Output10,000,000 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QvQ-72B-Preview
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Tue Nov 03 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Llama 4 Scout and QvQ-72B-Preview support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Llama 4 Scout

Text
Images
Audio
Video

QvQ-72B-Preview

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Llama 4 Scout is licensed under Llama 4 Community License Agreement, while QvQ-72B-Preview uses Qwen.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Llama 4 Scout

Llama 4 Community License Agreement

Open weights

QvQ-72B-Preview

Qwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Llama 4 Scout was released on 2025-04-05, while QvQ-72B-Preview was released on 2024-12-25.

Llama 4 Scout is 3 months newer than QvQ-72B-Preview.

Llama 4 Scout

Apr 5, 2025

1.6 years ago

3mo newer
QvQ-72B-Preview

Dec 25, 2024

1.9 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Llama 4 Scout and QvQ-72B-Preview side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Llama 4 Scout
✓ Preferred
QvQ-72B-Preview
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Llama 4 Scout vs QvQ-72B-Preview.

Which is better, Llama 4 Scout or QvQ-72B-Preview?

Llama 4 Scout and QvQ-72B-Preview are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 7.3 and 7.5. Llama 4 Scout is made by Meta and QvQ-72B-Preview is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Llama 4 Scout compare to QvQ-72B-Preview in benchmarks?

Llama 4 Scout scores DocVQA: 94.4%, MGSM: 90.6%, ChartQA: 88.8%, MMLU: 79.6%, MMLU-Pro: 74.3%. QvQ-72B-Preview scores MathVista: 71.4%, MMMU: 70.3%, MathVision: 35.9%, OlympiadBench: 20.4%.

What are the context window sizes for Llama 4 Scout and QvQ-72B-Preview?

Llama 4 Scout supports 10.0M tokens and QvQ-72B-Preview supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Llama 4 Scout and QvQ-72B-Preview?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (7.3 vs 7.5), licensing (Llama 4 Community License Agreement vs Qwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Llama 4 Scout and QvQ-72B-Preview?

Llama 4 Scout is developed by Meta and QvQ-72B-Preview is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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