Is Llama Prompt Guard 2 22M or Llama 3.1 8B cheaper?

Llama Prompt Guard 2 22M is cheaper on output tokens ($0.03 vs $0.08 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Llama Prompt Guard 2 22M or Llama 3.1 8B?

Llama 3.1 8B has the larger context window (131K tokens).

Llama Prompt Guard 2 22M vs Llama 3.1 8B

Llama Prompt Guard 2 22M is cheaper on output tokens, while Llama 3.1 8B offers a larger context window. Choose Llama Prompt Guard 2 22M or Llama 3.1 8B based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Llama Prompt Guard 2 22M	Llama 3.1 8B
Provider	Groq	Groq
Input / 1M tokens	$0.03	$0.05
Output / 1M tokens	$0.03	$0.08
Context window	512	131K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	May 2025	Jul 2024

Llama Prompt Guard 2 22M details →Llama 3.1 8B details →

FAQ

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