Llama Guard 2 8B
Llama Guard 2 8B is worth evaluating for classification when its provider route and context window match the workload.
Use it for
- Teams evaluating classification
- Workloads that can use a 8k context window
- Buyers comparing 2 tracked provider routes
Do not use it for
- Vision or document-understanding workloads
- Strict JSON or tool-calling flows
- Family
- Llama Guard
- Released
- 2024-04-18
- Context
- 8k
- Parameters
- 8B
- Architecture
- Decoder Only
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2023-03
- Specialization
- safety
- Openness
- Open weights
- License
- Llama 2 CommunityCommercial use: conditional
- Weights
- Available
- Code
- Unknown
- Training
- Fine-tuned
Large-scale open-source AI for social technologies.
Cheapest of 3 routes · Fireworks AI
About
Llama Guard 2 is an 8B-parameter LLM built on the Llama 3 architecture, specifically designed for content moderation tasks. Released by Meta on April 18, 2024, it excels in classifying both inputs and outputs of LLMs across 11 safety categories. The model generates text outputs indicating whether content is safe or unsafe, providing detailed feedback on violations. It aims to enhance user experience by minimizing false positives while maintaining high accuracy in content moderation, supporting developers in creating safer AI applications .
Top use-case fit
Classification
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Provider price ladder
Compare all 3Compare API pricing across 2 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fireworks AI | $0.200 | $0.200 | Provisioned |
| Replicate API | $0.050 | $0.250 | Serverless |
Available via routers & gateways(1)
Capabilities
No model capability flags are currently sourced.
Benchmark peer barsfor Classification
No task-mapped benchmark peers are available for this model yet.
Migration checks
No linked migration route is available for this model yet.
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Large-scale open-source AI for social technologies.
Cheapest of 3 routes · Fireworks AI