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Llama Guard 4 12B
meta·meta/llama-guard-4-12b·GA·Open weights·llama series·Classify / Safety
Safety model for policy screening, moderation, and risk-aware routing workflows
At a glance
Reference price$0.18 / $0.18 per 1M
Cache read — · OpenRouter
Lowest paid$0.18 / $0.18
OpenRouter Gateway
1 more $0 channels
Context1,048,576
⚠ Providers report 128,000–1,048,576; the table below is authoritative
Output limit16,384
Capabilities
ReasoningTool useStructured output✓ Temperature✓ Attachments
Modalities
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Knowledge cutoff2024-08-31
Released / updated2025-04-05 / 2026-04-30
Quality & performance
Artificial Analysis doesn't cover this model (267 of 2059 have data). Quality data comes from independent evals covering widely used models.
Available at 2 providers1 with public prices · 1 free
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nvidia | First-party | Free | — | — | 128,000 ⚠ | 16,384 | ||
| OpenRouter | Gateway | $0.18 | $0.18 | — | — | 1,048,576 | 16,384 |
Sorted by blended price (input×0.75 + output×0.25) asc. The official channel always shows regardless of rank. Whether a gateway's low price is actually usable can't be verified.
Your usage cost
1OpenRouter$45.00
1 more channels offer $0 (Nvidia); free tiers usually have rate limits and no SLA, excluded from ranking.
The cheapest paid channel is the only channel.
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Price historyone sample accumulated per data sync
Input listOutput listMin blended