Is Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E or Llama Prompt Guard 2 22M cheaper?

Llama Prompt Guard 2 22M is cheaper on output tokens ($0.03 vs $0.34 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E or Llama Prompt Guard 2 22M?

Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E has the larger context window (131K tokens).

Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E vs Llama Prompt Guard 2 22M

Llama Prompt Guard 2 22M is cheaper on output tokens, while Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E offers a larger context window. Choose Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E or Llama Prompt Guard 2 22M based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E	Llama Prompt Guard 2 22M
Provider	Groq	Groq
Input / 1M tokens	$0.11	$0.03
Output / 1M tokens	$0.34	$0.03
Context window	131K	512
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Apr 2025	May 2025

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