Llama Guard 3 8B
Analysis Summary
Llama Guard 3 8B is a Meta Llama-family model designed for safety-oriented text processing. The supplied data lists text input and a 131K context window, but no reasoning, coding, content, or agentic benchmark results. Its narrow positioning means it should be evaluated as a moderation component rather than as a general-purpose assistant.
For agency workflows, it may have a place in pre-screening user prompts, campaign submissions, or generated responses before they reach a client-facing channel. It is not an appropriate primary model for copywriting, SEO strategy, software development, document analysis, or tool-driven agents. The listed pricing is also unusual, with input costing more than output, so deployment economics require careful measurement.
Consider it only for safety control layers where its specialized purpose is relevant. Do not place it at the centre of a client content workflow without additional validation data.
Assessed August 9, 2026
Editorial notes
Llama Guard 3 8B is a focused text safety model with a 131K context window, rather than a general content or coding system. Benchmark data is unavailable, so its production role should remain limited to policy screening.
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DFO Verdict
Llama Guard 3 8B is a focused text safety model with a 131K context window, rather than a general content or coding system. Benchmark data is unavailable, so its production role should remain limited to policy screening.
How Llama Guard 3 8B compares
Its 131K-token context window is larger than 51% of the models we list. At $0.48 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 40% of comparable models.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Strongest on value. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.
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| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.48 | $0.000484 |
| Output | $0.03 | $0.000030 |
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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.
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Talk to our teamAbout Llama Guard 3 8B
Llama Guard 3 is a Llama-3.1-8B pretrained model, fine-tuned for content safety classification. Similar to previous versions, it can be used to classify content in both LLM inputs (prompt classification)..
Frequently asked questions about Llama Guard 3 8B
How much does Llama Guard 3 8B cost?
Llama Guard 3 8B costs $0.48 per million input tokens and $0.03 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Llama Guard 3 8B?
Llama Guard 3 8B has a context window of 131,072 tokens (131K).
Who created Llama Guard 3 8B?
Llama Guard 3 8B is developed by Meta-llama and was released on February 12, 2025.
