Llama Guard 4 12B
Meta· released 30 Apr 2025
meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b- Input / 1M tokens
- $0.18
- Output / 1M tokens
- $0.18
Longest answer: 16K tokens
About
Llama Guard 4 12B is Meta’s multimodal model for content safety classification, derived from Llama 4 Scout and fine-tuned for that purpose. Its listed summary describes classification of content in LLM contexts. It accepts image and text inputs, returns text, and includes vision support. Open weights are available. The model has a context window of 163,840 tokens and a maximum output of 16,384 tokens. Input costs $0.18 per 1M tokens, and output costs $0.18 per 1M tokens. Its model ID is meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b, and its Hugging Face ID is meta-llama/Llama-Guard-4-12B. Meta released it on 2025-04-30. Teams considering it for a safety-classification role can weigh its image and text inputs, open weights, output bound, and equal listed input and output rates.
Who it is for
It suits teams seeking an open-weight model for content safety classification in LLM contexts. Its image and text inputs may fit classification workflows involving either modality.
What is good
- Fine-tuned for content safety classification.
- Open weights are available.
- Accepts image and text.
- Input and output each cost $0.18 per 1M tokens.
What to know first
- Maximum output is 16,384 tokens.
- Context window is 163,840 tokens.
Verdict
Llama Guard 4 12B is focused on content safety classification and supports both image and text input. Its open weights and equal per-token rates are relevant alongside its 16,384-token output limit.
Details
- Lab
- Metaopenrouter.ai · 3 Oct 2026
- Context
- 164Kopenrouter.ai · 3 Oct 2026
- Input price
- $0.18 / 1Mopenrouter.ai · 3 Oct 2026
- Output price
- $0.18 / 1Mopenrouter.ai · 3 Oct 2026
- Max output
- 16,384 tokensopenrouter.ai · 3 Oct 2026
- Inputs
- image, textopenrouter.ai · 3 Oct 2026
- Open weights
- Yesopenrouter.ai · 3 Oct 2026
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Sources
- openrouter.ai/meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b· checked 3 Oct 2026


