ERNIE-5.5-Flash-Preview vs Llama Guard 4 12B

Price, context window & benchmark comparison

ERNIE-5.5-Flash-Preview

Baidu

$0.28 / $1.13

Input / Output · per 1M tokens

Llama Guard 4 12B

Meta Llama

$0.18 / $0.18

Input / Output · per 1M tokens

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Verdict: Llama Guard 4 12B is 2.7× cheaper than ERNIE-5.5-Flash-Preview on a typical 3:1 input/output mix. ERNIE-5.5-Flash-Preview has the larger context window (1M vs 164K).

	ERNIE-5.5-Flash-Preview	Llama Guard 4 12B
Input price / 1M	$0.28	$0.18
Output price / 1M	$1.13	$0.18
Blended price (3:1)	$0.49	$0.18
Cached input / 1M	$0.028	—
Context window	1M	164K
Max output	922K	16K
Intelligence index	—	—
Coding index	—	—
Providers	—	3
Best provider uptime (30m)	—	100.0%
Vision input	No	Yes
Reasoning	Yes	No
Tool calling	Yes	No
Released	2026-11-10	2025-04-30
Retirement	—	—

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FAQ

Which is cheaper, ERNIE-5.5-Flash-Preview or Llama Guard 4 12B?

Llama Guard 4 12B is 2.7× cheaper than ERNIE-5.5-Flash-Preview on a typical 3:1 input/output mix.

ERNIE-5.5-Flash-Preview vs Llama Guard 4 12B: which has a bigger context window?

ERNIE-5.5-Flash-Preview: 1,024,000 tokens. Llama Guard 4 12B: 163,840 tokens.

How much would 1 million requests cost?

At 2,000 input + 500 output tokens per request: ERNIE-5.5-Flash-Preview ≈ $1,125, Llama Guard 4 12B ≈ $450.00.

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