Llama Guard 4 12B vs Ternary Bonsai 2 27B
Prices checked
Llama Guard 4 12B takes 3 of 5 rounds against Ternary Bonsai 2 27B. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.14 per million tokens against $0.18.
MetaWins 3 roundsLlama Guard 4 12B
164k context · reads images · open weights
$0.14/M tokensCheapest price, at Kilo Gateway · 9.5¢ per 1,000 pages
Ternary Bonsai 2 27B
262k context · tool calling · reads images
$0.18/M tokensOpenRouter's own price · 7.5¢ per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$0.18/M
$0.07/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$0.18/M
$0.50/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
$0.14/M at Kilo Gateway
none below the maker
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$0.18/M
$0.18/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
9.5¢
7.5¢
Context
164k tokens
262k tokens
Open weights
yes
no
Tool calling
no
yes
Structured output
no
yes
Reads images
yes
yes
Reasoning
no
yes
Released
30 Apr 2025
18 Sept 2026
Providers selling it
5
6
Price we measure against
OpenRouter
OpenRouter
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not published
no provider to check
Providers selling both · 2
Kilo Gateway$0.14 / $0.18
OpenRouter$0.18 / $0.18
Llama Guard 4 12B, then Ternary Bonsai 2 27B, per million tokens.
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.
What moved this week
DeepInfra · 20% cheaper · $0.14 / $0.14 $0.18 / $0.18- Kilo Gateway · 20% cheaper · $0.14 / $0.14 $0.18 / $0.18
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Llama Guard 4 12B or Ternary Bonsai 2 27B?
- Llama Guard 4 12B, at $0.14 per million tokens against $0.18 for Ternary Bonsai 2 27B, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 21 Oct 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Llama Guard 4 12B: $0.14 at Kilo Gateway. Ternary Bonsai 2 27B: nobody sells it below OpenRouter's own price with a stated reason, so $0.18 is the number to beat.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 2 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, OpenRouter. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.
- Which holds more context?
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B, at 262k tokens against 164k.
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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