Grok 4.6 vs Llama Guard 4 12B: side-by-side summary

Grok 4.6 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.

Grok 4.6, from SpaceXAI, has a 500,000-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

• Grok 4.6: 500,000 tokens
• Llama Guard 4 12B: 1,048,576 tokens

Price

• Grok 4.6: $2/M tokens input, $6/M tokens output
• Llama Guard 4 12B: $0.18/M tokens input, $0.18/M tokens output

Provided by

• Grok 4.6: SpaceXAI
• Llama Guard 4 12B: Meta Llama

• Grok 4.6 model details, providers and pricing
• Llama Guard 4 12B model details, providers and pricing