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Llama Guard 4 12B

$0.18/1M in · $0.18/1M out · 164K context. That's cheaper than 91% of the 298 models we track, by output price. Here's what it costs, how its price has moved, and where it fits.

output price · per 1M tokens
$0.18
input $0.18/1M · routed
Context
164K
Input / 1M
$0.18
Output / 1M
$0.18
Modality
text + image
Provider
Meta
Tokenizer
Other

Snapshot · source: OpenRouter ↗ · how we measure →

cost at a typical workload
$72.00 / mo

For 1,500 input + 500 output tokens across 200,000 requests/month. That's 12× the cheapest tracked option (Ling-2.6-flash, $6.00/mo).

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output price history
output / 1M

Flat at $0.18 since tracking began 2026-06-14. Full history →

Where it fits

  • High-volume, cost-sensitive work — at $0.18/1M output it sits in the cheapest quarter of tracked models.
  • Multimodal prompts — accepts image input alongside text.

Watch for

  • Priced from OpenRouter's routed market, not a first-party list price — availability and rate can shift without notice.

These notes are derived from price, context and modality — structural facts, not measured quality. Measured cost-to-finish-a-task lives on the real-cost index.

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How to read Llama Guard 4 12B's pricing

Two numbers decide most of the bill: $0.18/1M for input (everything you send — prompt, context, attachments) and $0.18/1M for output (everything it generates, including hidden reasoning tokens). Output is priced 1.0× the input rate here, so the shape of your workload — how much it reads versus writes — matters as much as the headline figure. This row is OpenRouter's routed market price; it can move as providers and routing change.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Llama Guard 4 12B cost per million tokens?

Llama Guard 4 12B is priced at $0.18 per 1M input tokens and $0.18 per 1M output tokens, from OpenRouter's routed market price as of the 2026-06-15 snapshot. Output is the figure that usually drives the bill. Enter your own token volumes in the cost calculator for a monthly estimate.

What is Llama Guard 4 12B's context window?

Llama Guard 4 12B has a 164K-token context window — roughly 246 pages of text. Prompt, attachments, conversation and the model's own output all share that budget, and every token you send is billed at the input rate.

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