Qwen3.8 Max vs Llama Guard 4 12B: side-by-side summary

Qwen3.8 Max 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.

Qwen3.8 Max, from Qwen, has a 1,000,000-token context window and is priced at $2/M tokens input, $6/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Llama Guard 4 12B, from Meta Llama, has a 1,048,576-token context window and is priced at $0.18/M tokens input, $0.18/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

• Qwen3.8 Max: 1,000,000 tokens
• Llama Guard 4 12B: 1,048,576 tokens

Price

• Qwen3.8 Max: $2/M tokens input, $6/M tokens output
• Llama Guard 4 12B: $0.18/M tokens input, $0.18/M tokens output

Provided by

• Qwen3.8 Max: Qwen
• Llama Guard 4 12B: Meta Llama

• Qwen3.8 Max model details, providers and pricing
• Llama Guard 4 12B model details, providers and pricing