Llama Guard 4 12B
llama-guard-4-12b
Last refreshed 2026-05-11. Next refresh: weekly.
Llama Guard 4 12B is worth evaluating for rag, long context, and classification when its provider route and context window match the workload.
Decision context: RAG task fit, 3 tracked provider routes, and research from 2026-04-19.
Use it for
- Teams evaluating rag, long context, and classification
- Workloads that can use a 164K context window
- Buyers comparing 3 tracked provider routes
Do not use it for
- Vision or document-understanding workloads
Cheapest output
$0.180
OpenRouter per 1M tokens
Provider routes
3
Tracked API hosts
Quality / dollar
Unknown
No task benchmark coverage yet
Freshness
2026-04-19
Researched 29d ago
Top use-case fit
RAG
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
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
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | $0.180 | $0.180 | Serverless |
| Replicate API | $0.200 | $0.200 | Serverless |
| NVIDIA NIM | - | - | ServerlessPartial |
Benchmark peer barsfor RAG
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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Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B available via OpenRouter. Pricing: $0.18/1M input, $0.18/1M output.
Llama Guard 4 12B has a 164K-token context window.
Llama Guard 4 12B input tokens at $0.18/1M, output at $0.18/1M.
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