Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B.
Llama Guard 4 is a Llama 4 Scout-derived multimodal pretrained model, fine-tuned for content safety classification. Similar to previous versions, it can be used to classify content in both LLM...
1× AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT.
Most-aggressive quantisation we have a working recommendation for. Lower precision = less VRAM = cheaper hardware, at a small accuracy cost.
Cheapest hosted endpoints.
Speed across providers.
Tokens/sec and time-to-first-token measured against the same prompt template on each provider's API.
| Provider | Tokens/sec | TTFT | Total |
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| OpenRouter | 1.3 | 1500 ms | 1508 ms |
Frequently asked.
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Cheapest hardware per quantisation.
Each row is one quantisation tier (the same weights compressed differently). Lower precision → lower VRAM → cheaper hardware, at the cost of small accuracy loss. $/hr refreshed hourly from each provider's API.
| Quantisation | Cheapest GPU config | Total VRAM | Live $/hr | tokens/sec | |
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FP16
FP16 — half precision (default)
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32 GB | $0.023/hr | — | Compare → | |
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FP8
FP8 — 8-bit float (Hopper / Blackwell)
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16 GB | — | — | Compare → | |
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INT4
INT4 — 4-bit integer (~4× VRAM saving)
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8 GB | — | — | Compare → |
What it costs per month across providers.
Estimate your monthly bill for Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B across every host that publishes per-token pricing. Slide your token volumes; the chart + table re-rank cheapest-first.
Cheapest provider on the left.
Total monthly cost — input + output tokens combined.
Bill breakdown.
Rent the GPU instead of paying per token.
For an open-weights model like Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B, you can rent a GPU and serve inference yourself. The math: cheapest GPU rental × 730 hours/month + your electricity rate × power draw.
Assumes the GPU runs 24/7 at ~85% utilisation. If your traffic is bursty, you'll pay less for the API and probably more for the GPU (idle hours still cost rental). The breakeven analysis lives on the Self-host vs API breakeven tool.