Cydonia 24B V4.1 vs Llama Guard 3 8B

Prices checked

Cydonia 24B V4.1 and Llama Guard 3 8B split the 5 rounds this table counts: the maker's two prices, the cheapest price, the maker's blended price and context. The weighting you pick decides the rest.

TheDrummer

Cydonia 24B V4.1

131k context · open weights

$0.35/M tokens

OpenRouter's own price · $0.21 per 1,000 pages

Meta

Llama Guard 3 8B

131k context · open weights

$0.20/M tokens

Cheapest price, at Groq · $0.13 per 1,000 pages

View at Groq

Maker's price in (lower wins)

$0.30/M

$0.48/M

Maker's price out (lower wins)

$0.50/M

$0.03/M

Cheapest price (lower wins)

none below the maker

$0.20/M at Groq

Maker's price, blended (lower wins)

$0.35/M

$0.37/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.21

$0.13

Context

131k tokens

131k tokens

Open weights

yes

yes

Tool calling

no

no

Structured output

yes

no

Reads images

no

no

Reasoning

no

no

Released

27 Sept 2025

23 Jul 2024

Providers selling it

8

7

Price we measure against

OpenRouter

Cloudflare Workers AI

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

no provider to check

not published

Providers selling both · 0

No provider we read sells both, so running the two means two accounts.

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Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Cydonia 24B V4.1 or Llama Guard 3 8B?
Llama Guard 3 8B, at $0.20 per million tokens against $0.35 for Cydonia 24B V4.1, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 21 Oct 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?
Cydonia 24B V4.1: nobody sells it below OpenRouter's own price with a stated reason, so $0.35 is the number to beat. Llama Guard 3 8B: $0.20 at Groq.
Can I buy both from one provider?
No provider we read sells both, so running the two means two accounts and two bills.
Which holds more context?
Both hold 131k tokens in one call.

Prices exclude tax, read 21 Oct 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.

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