LLM Reference

Llama Guard 3 1B

Released
2024-09-25
Last refreshed
2026-07-09
Status
Researched 106d ago
Open weightsCommercial use: conditionalLong contextClassification

Llama Guard 3 1B is worth evaluating for long context and classification when its provider route and context window match the workload.

Use it for

  • Teams evaluating long context and classification
  • Workloads that can use a 128k context window
  • Buyers comparing 1 tracked provider route

Do not use it for

  • Vision or document-understanding workloads
  • Strict JSON or tool-calling flows
Specifications
Released
2024-09-25
Context
128k
Parameters
1B
Architecture
Decoder Only
Knowledge cutoff
2023-12
Specialization
safety
Openness
Open weights
License
Llama 2 CommunityCommercial use: conditional
Weights
Unknown
Code
Unknown
Training
Fine-tuned
Created by
AI at MetaAI at Meta

Large-scale open-source AI for social technologies.

Menlo Park, California, United States
Founded 2013
Website
Pricing
Output / 1M
$0.100
Input / 1M
$0.100

Cheapest of 1 route · Fireworks AI

Providers(1)
Fireworks AI
View 1 provider route

About

Llama Guard 3 1B is Meta's Llama Guard model. Weights are openly available for self-hosting.

Top use-case fit

Long context

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

Classification

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

Provider price ladder

Compare API pricing across 1 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.

ProviderInput / 1MOutput / 1MRoute
Fireworks AI$0.100$0.100
Serverless

Available via routers & gateways(1)

OpenRouter

Hybrid

Unified hybrid gateway to 400+ models from 60+ providers via a single OpenAI-compatible API, with optional auto-routing that selects the best model per prompt.

PassthroughFireworks AI

Capabilities

No model capability flags are currently sourced.

Benchmark peer barsfor Long context

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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