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Nova 2 Lite vs Llama Guard 4 12B

Compare Nova 2 Lite from Amazon and Llama Guard 4 12B from Meta Llama on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the OpenRouter API.

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Nova 2 Lite
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Llama Guard 4 12B
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Nova 2 Lite
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Llama Guard 4 12B

Overview

Nova 2 Lite
Author
Amazon
Llama Guard 4 12B
Author
Meta Llama
Nova 2 Lite
Context length
1Mtokens
Llama Guard 4 12B
Context length
164Ktokens
Nova 2 Lite
Reasoning
Llama Guard 4 12B
Reasoning
Nova 2 Lite
Input modalities
Llama Guard 4 12B
Input modalities
Nova 2 Lite
Output modalities
Llama Guard 4 12B
Output modalities

Nova 2 Lite vs Llama Guard 4 12B: side-by-side summary

Nova 2 Lite and Llama Guard 4 12B are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

Nova 2 Lite, from Amazon, has a 1,000,000-token context window and is priced at $0.30/M tokens input, $2.50/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Llama Guard 4 12B, from Meta Llama, has a 163,840-token context window and is priced at $0.18/M tokens input, $0.18/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window
  • Nova 2 Lite: 1,000,000 tokens
  • Llama Guard 4 12B: 163,840 tokens
Price
  • Nova 2 Lite: $0.30/M tokens input, $2.50/M tokens output
  • Llama Guard 4 12B: $0.18/M tokens input, $0.18/M tokens output
Provided by
  • Nova 2 Lite: Amazon
  • Llama Guard 4 12B: Meta Llama
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Nova 2 Lite
model details, providers and pricing
Llama Guard 4 12B