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Llama Guard 4 12B vs Mistral Small 3.1 24B

How do these models stack up? Below is an expert side-by-side comparison of specifications, context window capacity, live pricing per million tokens, and standardized benchmark scores for Llama Guard 4 12B and Mistral Small 3.1 24B.

Meta

Llama Guard 4 12B

Llama Guard 4 is a Llama 4 Scout-derived multimodal pretrained model, fine-tuned for content safety classification. Similar to previous versions, it can be used to classify content in both LLM...

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Mistral

Mistral Small 3.1 24B

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct is an upgraded variant of Mistral Small 3 (2501), featuring 24 billion parameters with advanced multimodal capabilities. It provides state-of-the-art performance in text-based reasoning and...

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Technical Specifications

SpecificationLlama Guard 4 12BMistral Small 3.1 24B
ProviderMetaMistral
Context Window163,840 tokens128,000 tokens
Agent SuitabilityN/AN/A
Time to First Token (TTFT)N/AN/A
Deployment Modelself hostableself hostable
Production Stabilitystablestable
API AvailableYesYes
Released Date2025-04-302025-03-17

API Pricing Comparison

Input Price per Million Tokens

Llama Guard 4 12B

$0.18

Mistral Small 3.1 24B

$0.35

Output Price per Million Tokens

Llama Guard 4 12B

$0.18

Mistral Small 3.1 24B

$0.56

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Benchmark Performance Metrics

Scores show the raw performance percentages verified across key evaluation suites. Higher bars indicate superior accuracy and capability in that domain.

Llama Guard 4 12B Quirks & Gotchas

No developer gotchas reported.

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Quirks & Gotchas

No developer gotchas reported.