AllocateLFM2.5 8B A1B vs Llama Guard 4 12B
LFM2.5 8B A1B and Llama Guard 4 12B are not currently in the Allocate serving catalog, so this page lists no prices for them: every price on this site comes from the live catalog.
L LFM2.5 8B A1B
Llama Guard 4 12B
Llama Guard 4 12BLabLiquid AIMeta
AccessNot served on AllocateNot served on Allocate
Context windown/an/a
List price, inputNot servedNot served
List price, outputNot servedNot served
Cached inputn/an/a
LicenseNot listedNot listed
Fine-tunableYesYes
Specifications and provider list prices from the Allocate catalog, checked 2026-09-12.
Choose LFM2.5 8B A1B for
- High-volume extraction
- Latency-sensitive routes
- Edge deployments
Choose Llama Guard 4 12B for
- Prompt and reply moderation
- Policy labelling
- Guardrails in front of agents
Common questions
Can I fine-tune LFM2.5 8B A1B or Llama Guard 4 12B?
Both publish open weights (LFM2.5 8B A1B: Not listed; 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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Run the numbers on your workload
Or do not choose. On Allocate a route name is the contract: point yours at one model today, swap to the other tomorrow, and compare them on your live traffic with per-token metering.