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MiniMax M3 vs Llama Guard 4 12B

Compare MiniMax M3 from MiniMax 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.

MiniMax M3 vs Llama Guard 4 12B: side-by-side summary

MiniMax M3 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.

MiniMax M3, from MiniMax, has a 1,048,576-token context window and is priced at $0.23/M tokens input, $0.96/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
  • MiniMax M3: 1,048,576 tokens
  • Llama Guard 4 12B: 163,840 tokens
Price
  • MiniMax M3: $0.23/M tokens input, $0.96/M tokens output
  • Llama Guard 4 12B: $0.18/M tokens input, $0.18/M tokens output
Provided by
  • MiniMax M3: MiniMax
  • Llama Guard 4 12B: Meta Llama
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MiniMax M3
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Llama Guard 4 12B
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MiniMax M3
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Overview

MiniMax M3
Author
MiniMax
Llama Guard 4 12B
Author
Meta Llama
MiniMax M3
Context length
1.05Mtokens
Llama Guard 4 12B
Context length
164Ktokens
MiniMax M3
Reasoning
Llama Guard 4 12B
Reasoning
MiniMax M3
Input modalities
Llama Guard 4 12B
Input modalities
MiniMax M3
Output modalities
Llama Guard 4 12B
Output modalities
model details, providers and pricing
model details, providers and pricing
MiniMax M3
Llama Guard 4 12B