@cf/meta/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct by Cloudflare Workers AI

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Model ID
@cf/meta/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct
Base URL
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai/run
Checked
Nov 12, 2026

Benchmarks

LMArena text Elo
1279 · LMArena, Nov 11 2026
Tested as Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct · leaderboard published 2026-11-09
LMArena text rank
#278 of 421 · LMArena, Nov 11 2026
Tested as Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct

Numbers are copied from the linked public leaderboards for this exact model and version. The free endpoint can run a different reasoning setting or quantization than the tested one.

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curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai/run/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KEY" \
  -d '{"model":"@cf/meta/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"hi"}]}'

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