Is Llama Guard 3 8B or Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 cheaper?

Llama Guard 3 8B is cheaper on output tokens ($0.06 vs $25.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Llama Guard 3 8B or Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5?

Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 has the larger context window (200K tokens).

Llama Guard 3 8B vs Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5

Llama Guard 3 8B is cheaper on output tokens, while Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 offers a larger context window. Choose Llama Guard 3 8B or Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Llama Guard 3 8B	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5
Provider	Kilo Gateway	Kilo Gateway
Input / 1M tokens	$0.02	$5.00
Output / 1M tokens	$0.06	$25.00
Context window	131K	200K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Apr 2024	Nov 2025

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