Llama Guard 4 12B vs Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
Llama Guard 4 12B costs 1.7x less per output token than Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 ($0.18 vs $0.30 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; no benchmark has tested both models yet.
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $0.18
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- 41.5
- Output $/M
- $0.30
Llama Guard 4 12B or Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Llama Guard 4 12B for output tokens 1.7x cheaper ($0.18 vs $0.30 per million).
No benchmark has tested both yet. Llama Guard 4 12B has none yet; Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 on LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run), SciCode and Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run). Compare them on price and context instead.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 has a AA Intelligence Index result, 7.5.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 takes 262K tokens against 164K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
Llama Guard 4 12B $0.0003, Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 $0.0002 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Llama Guard 4 12B not benchmarked, Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- None yet: no category has been tested on both models.
- Widest single gap
- None yet: no benchmark has tested both models.
- Output price
- Llama Guard 4 12B $0.18 against Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 $0.30 per million output tokens, 1.7x apart.
- Context window
- Llama Guard 4 12B takes 164K tokens, Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 262K.
Benchmark by benchmark
Every board either model has a result on, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale. Only one model is measured on each, so no row names a leader.
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index5 boards measured
| Benchmark | Llama Guard 4 12B | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 70.7% | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 33.0% | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 6.1% | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1416 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1417 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board measured
| Benchmark | Llama Guard 4 12B | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | Not measured | 7.5 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards measured
| Benchmark | Llama Guard 4 12B | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 28.1% | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) | Not measured | 41.4% | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 40 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards measured
| Benchmark | Llama Guard 4 12B | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 70.7% | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 10.3% | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 55.6% | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1398 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1397 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1406 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards measured
| Benchmark | Llama Guard 4 12B | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | Not measured | 66.3 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 66.3% | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 62.2% | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1394 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1411 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards measured
| Benchmark | Llama Guard 4 12B | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 80.5% | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1393 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1392 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1387 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1389 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index21 boards measured
| Benchmark | Llama Guard 4 12B | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | Not measured | 50.7% | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 61.3% | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| DTBench | Not measured | 67.2% | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 22.4% | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1384 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1363 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1317 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1391 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1372 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1432 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1379 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1337 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1330 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1419 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1404 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1369 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1353 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1378 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1378 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1336 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1334 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Meta Llama Guard 4 12B | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Meta Llama | Qwen |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | April 30, 2025 | July 29, 2025 |
| Context window | 164K | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.18 | $0.09 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.18 | $0.30 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Llama Guard 4 12B better than Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Llama Guard 4 12B for output tokens 1.7x cheaper ($0.18 vs $0.30 per million).
Which is cheaper, Llama Guard 4 12B or Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507?
Llama Guard 4 12B costs $0.18 per million input tokens and $0.18 per million output tokens; Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 costs $0.09 and $0.30. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Llama Guard 4 12B or Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507?
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507, with 262K tokens against 164K.
Has any benchmark tested both Llama Guard 4 12B and Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507?
No benchmark has tested both yet. Llama Guard 4 12B has none yet; Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 on LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run), SciCode and Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run). Compare them on price and context instead. Data as of October 22, 2026.