Is Meta: Llama 4 Scout or Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B cheaper?

Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B is cheaper on output tokens ($0.18 vs $0.30 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Meta: Llama 4 Scout or Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B?

Meta: Llama 4 Scout has the larger context window (10M tokens).

Meta: Llama 4 Scout vs Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B

Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B is cheaper on output tokens, while Meta: Llama 4 Scout offers a larger context window. Choose Meta: Llama 4 Scout or Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Meta: Llama 4 Scout	Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B
Provider	Meta	Meta
Input / 1M tokens	$0.10	$0.18
Output / 1M tokens	$0.30	$0.18
Context window	10M	164K
Parameters	109B	—
Open weights	Yes	—
Released	Apr 2025	—

Meta: Llama 4 Scout details →Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B details →

FAQ

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