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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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