Compare/Llama 4 Maverick vs Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 Instruct

Llama 4 MaverickvsQwen3 235B A22B 2507 Instruct

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

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Llama 4 Maverick

Input
$0.35/M
Output
$0.85/M
Speed
109 tok/s
TTFT
0.66s
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Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 Instruct

Input
$0.2/M
Output
$0.825/M
Speed
69 tok/s
TTFT
1.23s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 Instruct
Faster (tok/s)
Llama 4 Maverick
Lower Latency
Llama 4 Maverick
Benchmarks (0-12)
Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 Instruct

Pricing Comparison

MetricLlama 4 MaverickQwen3 235B A22B 2507 Instruct
Input ($/M tokens)$0.35$0.2
Output ($/M tokens)$0.85$0.825
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Llama 4 Maverick$0.43
Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 Instruct$0.28

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Llama 4 Maverick
109 tok/s
Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 Instruct
69 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Llama 4 Maverick
0.66s
Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 Instruct
1.23s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
18.425.0
Coding Index
15.622.1
Math Index
19.371.7
GPQA Diamond
67.1%75.3%
MMLU-Pro
80.9%82.8%
LiveCodeBench
39.7%52.4%
AIME 2025
19.3%71.7%
MATH-500
88.9%98.0%
Humanity's Last Exam
4.8%10.6%
SciCode
33.1%36.0%
IFBench
43.0%46.1%
TerminalBench
6.8%15.2%
Llama 4 Maverick0 wins
12 winsQwen3 235B A22B 2507 Instruct

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 Instruct?

Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 Instruct is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.36/M tokens vs $0.47/M for Llama 4 Maverick.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 Instruct wins 12 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 0 for Llama 4 Maverick. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

Llama 4 Maverick generates tokens faster at 109 tok/s vs 69 tok/s. Llama 4 Maverick also has lower time-to-first-token (0.66s vs 1.23s).

When should I use Llama 4 Maverick vs Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 Instruct?

Choose based on your priorities: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 Instruct for lower cost, Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 Instruct for stronger benchmark performance, and Llama 4 Maverick for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.