Is Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E or Prompt Guard 2 86M cheaper?

Prompt Guard 2 86M is cheaper on output tokens ($0.04 vs $0.34 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E or Prompt Guard 2 86M?

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

Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E vs Prompt Guard 2 86M

Prompt Guard 2 86M is cheaper on output tokens, while Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E offers a larger context window. Choose Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E or Prompt Guard 2 86M based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E	Prompt Guard 2 86M
Provider	Groq	Groq
Input / 1M tokens	$0.11	$0.04
Output / 1M tokens	$0.34	$0.04
Context window	131K	512
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Apr 2025	May 2025

Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E details →Prompt Guard 2 86M details →

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