Llama-Guard-3-8B

Llama 3.1-based safety classifier for moderating prompts and model responses

Context window
128K
tokens in · 4.1K out

The Llama Guard 4 12B line

2 releases in the Llama Guard 4 12B line.

Llama-Guard-3-8BJul 23, 2024280dLlama Guard 4 12BApr 29, 2025

A newer release is out: Llama Guard 4 12B.

BENCHMARKS

Not in the Epoch Capabilities Index. Epoch benchmarks what it can run, so this is a gap in coverage, not a poor result.

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Specifications

RELEASE DATEJul 23, 2024
WEIGHTSOpen weights
CONTEXT WINDOW128K
MAX OUTPUT4.1K
REASONINGNot listed
TOOL CALLINGNot listed
INPUTStext
OUTPUTStext

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