Model comparisons

InferIndex · https://inferindex.dev/en/compare/meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b/vs/qwen/qwen3.8-flash

Llama Guard 4 12B costs from $0.18 per million tokens and Qwen3.8 Flash from $0.18 (at a 3:1 input:output mix): the cheapest price for each; prices checked on 31 October 2026.

Each model's lowest blended price, per 1M tokens, across every provider we track.

Llama Guard 4 12B vs Qwen3.8 Flash: API prices

Model	Blended$/1MLowest blended price, $ per 1M tokens. Green background: the most favourable value of each column.	Input$/1MInput price of the cheapest offer, per 1M tokens	Output$/1MOutput price of the cheapest offer, per 1M tokens	No training$/1MThe provider's published policy says the text you send is not used to train models. We only show what is published; we can't check it ourselves.	Monthly cost$For 2,000 input tokens and 500 output tokens per request, 1,000 requests a day, at the cheapest offer for that workload. Change the workload above.	Offers	Providers	ContextThe maximum amount of text, counted in tokens, the model can take in and write in a single request. Past this limit, the request is refused or cut.	Observation
Llama Guard 4 12B, Metaat DeepInfra	$0.18, most favourable value of the column	$0.18	$0.18, most favourable value of the column	$0.18, most favourable value of the column	$13.50at DeepInfra	8	3	164k	CheapestCheapest. Lowest blended price, $ per 1M tokens
Qwen3.8 Flash, Qwenat Alibaba	$0.18Most expensive offer · $0.275. The highest blended price among comparable offers: one price per provider (its cheapest route), standard tier, current prices only. Priority tiers and prices converted from points are not counted.	$0.113, most favourable value of the column	$0.382	$0.18at DeepInfra	$12.51, most favourable value of the columnat Alibaba	32	24, most favourable value of the column	–

Green background: the most favourable value of each column.