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Llama Guard 2 8B vs Stockmark 2 100B Instruct

Llama Guard 2 8B (2024) and Stockmark 2 100B Instruct (2025) are compact production models from AI at Meta and Stockmark. Llama Guard 2 8B ships a 8k-token context window, while Stockmark 2 100B Instruct ships a 128k-token context window. This comparison covers specs, pricing, API access, capabilities, benchmarks, input and output token costs, and production fit for coding and agent workloads.

Stockmark 2 100B Instruct fits 16x more tokens; pick it for long-context work and Llama Guard 2 8B for tighter calls.

Decision scorecard

Local evidence first
SignalLlama Guard 2 8BStockmark 2 100B Instruct
Best forprovider-routed productiongeneral production evaluation
Decision fitClassificationLong context
Context window8k128k
Cheapest output$0.25/1M tokens-
Provider routes3 tracked1 tracked
Shared benchmarks0 shared0 shared

Decision tradeoffs

Choose Llama Guard 2 8B when...
  • Llama Guard 2 8B has broader tracked provider coverage for fallback and route flexibility.
  • Local decision data tags Llama Guard 2 8B for Classification.
Choose Stockmark 2 100B Instruct when...
  • Stockmark 2 100B Instruct has the larger context window for long prompts, retrieval packs, or transcript analysis.
  • Local decision data tags Stockmark 2 100B Instruct for Long context.

Monthly cost at traffic

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

Llama Guard 2 8B

$103

Cheapest tracked route/tier: Replicate API

Stockmark 2 100B Instruct

Unavailable

No complete token price in local provider data

Cost delta unavailable until both models have sourced input and output token prices.

Switch friction

Llama Guard 2 8B -> Stockmark 2 100B Instruct
  • No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Llama Guard 2 8B and Stockmark 2 100B Instruct; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
Stockmark 2 100B Instruct -> Llama Guard 2 8B
  • No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Stockmark 2 100B Instruct and Llama Guard 2 8B; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.

Specs

Specification
Released2024-04-182025-06-01
Context window8k128k
Parameters8B100B
ArchitectureDecoder OnlyDecoder Only
LicenseLlama 2 CommunityMITOSI-approved
OpennessOpen weightsOpen source
WeightsAvailableUnknown
CodeUnknownUnknown
Commercial useCommercial use: conditionalCommercial use: permitted
Knowledge cutoff2023-03-

Pricing and availability

Pricing attributeLlama Guard 2 8BStockmark 2 100B Instruct
Input price$0.05/1M tokens-
Output price$0.25/1M tokens-
Providers

Capabilities

CapabilityLlama Guard 2 8BStockmark 2 100B Instruct
VisionNoNo
MultimodalNoNo
ReasoningNoNo
JSON / Tool useNoNo
Structured outputsNoNo
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: 2026-09-18. Data sourced from public model cards and provider documentation.