Llama 3.1 405B (base) vs Llama Guard 4 12B (Comparative Analysis)

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Comparative Analysis: Llama 3.1 405B (base) vs. Llama Guard 4 12B

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Overview

Llama 3.1 405B (base) was released 9 months before Llama Guard 4 12B.

	Llama 3.1 405B (base)	Llama Guard 4 12B
Model Provider The organization behind this AI's development	Meta	Meta
Input Context Window Maximum input tokens this model can process at once	32.8K tokens	163.8K tokens
Output Token Limit Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once	Not specified tokens	Not specified tokens
Release Date When this model first became publicly available	August 2, 2024 1 year ago August 2nd, 2024	April 30, 2025 4 months ago April 30th, 2025

Capabilities & Features

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	Llama 3.1 405B (base)	Llama Guard 4 12B
Input Types Supported input formats	📝Text	🖼️Image📝Text
Output Types Supported output formats	📝Text	📝Text
Tokenizer Text encoding system	Llama3	Other
Key Features Advanced capabilities	Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation	Function Calling✓Structured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation
Open Source Model availability	Available on HuggingFace →	Available on HuggingFace →

Pricing

Llama 3.1 405B (base) is roughly 11.1x more expensive compared to Llama Guard 4 12B for input tokens and roughly 11.1x more expensive for output tokens.

	Llama 3.1 405B (base)	Llama Guard 4 12B
Input Token Cost Cost per million input tokens	$2.00 per million tokens	$0.18 per million tokens
Output Token Cost Cost per million outut tokens	$2.00 per million tokens	$0.18 per million tokens

Benchmarks

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	Llama 3.1 405B (base)	Llama Guard 4 12B
MMLU Measures knowledge across 57 subjects like law, math, history, and science	Benchmark not available.	Benchmark not available.
MMMU Measures understanding of combined text and images across various domains	Benchmark not available.	Benchmark not available.
HellaSwag Measures common sense reasoning by having models complete sentences about everyday situations	Benchmark not available.	Benchmark not available.

At a Glance

Quick overview of what makes Llama 3.1 405B (base) and Llama Guard 4 12B unique.

Llama 3.1 405B (base) by Meta is a text-based AI model. It can handle standard conversations with its 32.8K token context window. Reasonably priced at $2.00/M input and $2.00/M output tokens. Released August 2nd, 2024.

Llama Guard 4 12B by Meta understands both text and images, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 163.8K token context window. Very affordable at $0.18/M input and $0.18/M output tokens. Released April 30th, 2025.

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