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Llama Guard 4 12B vs Sonar Deep Research

Llama Guard 4 12B (Meta) and Sonar Deep Research (Perplexity) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 17 August 2026

As of 17 August 2026, Llama Guard 4 12B holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#229 vs #232); Llama Guard 4 12B is 44.4× cheaper per output token ($0.18/1M vs $8.00/1M); and Llama Guard 4 12B offers the longer context window (1M vs 128K tokens).

Which should you choose?

Choose Llama Guard 4 12B if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #229 against #232 (0.0 vs 0.0 points).
  • API cost matters — $0.18/1M output tokens against $8.00/1M, about 44.4× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.18/1M against $2.00/1M.
  • you need the longer context window — 1M tokens against 128K.
  • you want provider choice — 2 listed API providers against 1.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Llama Guard 4 12B was listed 30 April 2025, Sonar Deep Research 7 March 2025.

Choose Sonar Deep Research if…

  • ModelCap publishes no field on which Sonar Deep Research leads Llama Guard 4 12B for this pair.

Llama Guard 4 12B vs Sonar Deep Research: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Llama Guard 4 12B and Sonar Deep Research
FieldLlama Guard 4 12BMetaSonar Deep ResearchPerplexity
ModelCap Index position#229#232
Index score0.00.0
EvidenceEstimatedEstimated
Input price / 1M tokens$0.18$2.00
Output price / 1M tokens$0.18$8.00
Context window1M tokens128K tokens
Max output tokens16K—
API providers listed21
Weight accessGated accessAPI only
Input modalitiesImage, TextText
First listed30 April 20257 March 2025
PublisherMetaPerplexity

Evidence: publisher corpus prior · leave-one-anchor-out calibrated · publisher corpus prior · leave-one-anchor-out calibrated. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Llama Guard 4 12B vs Sonar Deep Research

Neither model has a published result on a public benchmark board ModelCap tracks yet.

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Llama Guard 4 12B vs Sonar Deep Research: common questions

Is Llama Guard 4 12B better than Sonar Deep Research?

Llama Guard 4 12B ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 17 August 2026: #229 against #232. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it.

Is Llama Guard 4 12B cheaper than Sonar Deep Research?

Llama Guard 4 12B is cheaper on output tokens: $0.18/1M against $8.00/1M. Input tokens are $0.18/1M for Llama Guard 4 12B and $2.00/1M for Sonar Deep Research. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, Llama Guard 4 12B or Sonar Deep Research?

Llama Guard 4 12B has the larger context window: 1M tokens against 128K.

Which is better for coding, Llama Guard 4 12B or Sonar Deep Research?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Llama Guard 4 12B and Sonar Deep Research open-weight models?

Llama Guard 4 12B: Gated access. Sonar Deep Research: API only. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Llama Guard 4 12B and Sonar Deep Research?

ModelCap currently lists 2 API providers for Llama Guard 4 12B and 1 for Sonar Deep Research, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Llama Guard 4 12B vs Sonar Deep Research comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 17 August 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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