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DeepSeek R1 0528 NVFP4 vs Llama Guard 4 12B

Llama Guard 4 12B is not currently in the Allocate serving catalog, so this page lists no prices for it: every price on this site comes from the live catalog.

DeepSeek R1 0528 NVFP4 Llama Guard 4 12B
LabDeepseekMeta
AccessOpen weightsNot served on Allocate
Context window160K tokensn/a
List price, input$3 / M tokensNot served
List price, output$7 / M tokensNot served
Cached inputn/an/a
LicenseMITNot listed
Fine-tunableYesYes

Specifications and provider list prices from the Allocate catalog, checked 2026-09-12.

Choose DeepSeek R1 0528 NVFP4 for

  • Fine-tuning under a permissive license (MIT)
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Choose Llama Guard 4 12B for

  • Prompt and reply moderation
  • Policy labelling
  • Guardrails in front of agents
Llama Guard 4 12B details →

Common questions

Which has the bigger context window?

DeepSeek R1 0528 NVFP4: 163,840 tokens (160K) against an unlisted window for Llama Guard 4 12B.

Can I fine-tune DeepSeek R1 0528 NVFP4 or Llama Guard 4 12B?

Both publish open weights (DeepSeek R1 0528 NVFP4: MIT; Llama Guard 4 12B: Not listed), so both can be fine-tuned. On Allocate the trained weights stay inside your boundary and belong to you.

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