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Llama-Guard-3

LLMs meta-llama Text gen 4 builds Open, with conditions 201k dl/mo

Llama-Guard-3 is an open-weight language model from Meta.

Llama-Guard-3 is an 8.0B parameter text-generation model developed by Meta for content safety classification.
It evaluates LLM inputs and responses against the MLCommons hazard taxonomy in eight languages: English, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Hindi, Spanish, and Thai.
The model is released under the llama3.1 license.

Summary of the meta-llama/Llama-Guard-3-8B model card, 2026-10-01. The estimate below is for another build of the family.

What it is

Builds

Sizes, precisions & builds

Build	Params	Precision	Weights	Smallest setup
Llama-Guard-3-8B ↗	8.0B	BF16	16.1 GB	RTX 4090 24 GB
Llama-Guard-3-1B ↗	1.5B	BF16	3.0 GB	RTX 3060 12 GB
Llama-Guard-3-8B-INT8 ↗	8.0B	INT8	9.1 GB	RTX 3060 12 GB
Llama-Guard-3-1B-INT4 (above) ↗	—	INT4	—	—

How it works

Details

Languages

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