Llama Guard 3 8B
Llama Guard 3 is a Llama-3.1-8B pretrained model, fine-tuned for content safety classification. Similar to previous versions, it can be used to classify content in both LLM inputs (prompt classification) and in LLM responses (response classification).
Input
Output
Context
131K
Max Output
131K
Parameters
8B
Technical Specifications
Model TypeChat
Context Window131K
Max Output Tokens131K
Parameters8B
Training Cutoff—
Licensellama3.1
Capabilities
Input Modalities
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Output Modalities
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Features
function_callingjson_modereasoningstreamingtext_generation
Resources & Links
Estimated GPU Requirements for Llama Guard 3 8B
Estimates based on INT8 quantization. Actual requirements vary by framework and configuration.
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Last updated: May 5, 2026
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