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Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview vs Llama Guard 3 1B

Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview (2026) and Llama Guard 3 1B (2024) are frontier reasoning models from Google DeepMind and AI at Meta. Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview ships a 128k-token context window, while Llama Guard 3 1B ships a 128k-token context window. On pricing, Llama Guard 3 1B costs $0.10/1M input tokens versus $1/1M 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.

Llama Guard 3 1B is ~900% cheaper at $0.10/1M; pay for Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview only for reasoning depth.

Decision scorecard

Local evidence first
SignalGemini Robotics-ER 1.6 PreviewLlama Guard 3 1B
Best forreasoning-heavy apps, multimodal apps, and tool-calling agentsgeneral production evaluation
Decision fitRAG, Agents, and Long contextLong context and Classification
Context window128k128k
Cheapest output$5/1M tokens$0.10/1M tokens
Provider routes1 tracked1 tracked
Shared benchmarks0 shared0 shared

Decision tradeoffs

Choose Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview when...
  • Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview uniquely exposes Vision, Multimodal, and Reasoning in local model data.
  • Local decision data tags Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview for RAG, Agents, and Long context.
Choose Llama Guard 3 1B when...
  • Llama Guard 3 1B has the lower cheapest tracked output price at $0.10/1M tokens.
  • Local decision data tags Llama Guard 3 1B for Long context and Classification.

Monthly cost at traffic

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

Lower estimate Llama Guard 3 1B

Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview

$2,050

Cheapest tracked route/tier: Google AI Studio

Llama Guard 3 1B

$105

Cheapest tracked route/tier: Fireworks AI

Estimated monthly gap: $1,945. Batch, cache, alternate speed tiers, and negotiated pricing are excluded from this local estimate.

Switch friction

Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview -> Llama Guard 3 1B
  • No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview and Llama Guard 3 1B; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
  • Llama Guard 3 1B is $4.90/1M tokens lower on cheapest tracked output pricing before cache, batch, or negotiated discounts.
  • Check replacement coverage for Vision, Multimodal, and Reasoning before moving production traffic.
Llama Guard 3 1B -> Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview
  • No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Llama Guard 3 1B and Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
  • Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview is $4.90/1M tokens higher on cheapest tracked output pricing, so quality gains need to justify the spend.
  • Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Preview adds Vision, Multimodal, and Reasoning in local capability data.

Specs

Specification
Released2026-04-142024-09-25
Context window128k128k
Parameters—1B
ArchitectureDecoder OnlyDecoder Only
LicenseProprietaryLlama 2 Community
OpennessProprietaryOpen weights
WeightsNot releasedUnknown
CodeUnknownUnknown
Commercial useCommercial use: conditionalCommercial use: conditional
Knowledge cutoff-2023-12

Pricing and availability

Pricing attributeGemini Robotics-ER 1.6 PreviewLlama Guard 3 1B
Input price$1/1M tokens$0.10/1M tokens
Output price$5/1M tokens$0.10/1M tokens
Providers
Google AI Studio
Fireworks AI

Capabilities

CapabilityGemini Robotics-ER 1.6 PreviewLlama Guard 3 1B
VisionYesNo
MultimodalYesNo
ReasoningYesNo
JSON / Tool useYesNo
Structured outputsYesNo
Code executionNoNo
IDE integrationNoNo
Computer useNoNo
Parallel agentsNoNo

Benchmarks

No shared benchmark scores are currently available for this pair.

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