Compare/QwQ 32B vs Llama 4 Maverick

QwQ 32BvsLlama 4 Maverick

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

Alibaba

QwQ 32B

Input
$0.66/M
Output
$1/M
Speed
33 tok/s
TTFT
0.45s
Meta

Llama 4 Maverick

Input
$0.31/M
Output
$0.91/M
Speed
127 tok/s
TTFT
0.48s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Llama 4 Maverick
Faster (tok/s)
Llama 4 Maverick
Lower Latency
QwQ 32B
Benchmarks (7-5)
QwQ 32B

Pricing Comparison

MetricQwQ 32BLlama 4 Maverick
Input ($/M tokens)$0.66$0.31
Output ($/M tokens)$1$0.91
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
QwQ 32B$0.76
Llama 4 Maverick$0.40

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
QwQ 32B
33 tok/s
Llama 4 Maverick
127 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
QwQ 32B
0.45s
Llama 4 Maverick
0.48s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
19.718.4
Coding Index
15.6
Math Index
29.019.3
GPQA Diamond
59.3%67.1%
MMLU-Pro
76.4%80.9%
LiveCodeBench
63.1%39.7%
AIME 2025
29.0%19.3%
MATH-500
95.7%88.9%
Humanity's Last Exam
8.2%4.8%
SciCode
35.8%33.1%
IFBench
38.8%43.0%
TerminalBench
6.8%
QwQ 32B7 wins
5 winsLlama 4 Maverick

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, QwQ 32B or Llama 4 Maverick?

Llama 4 Maverick is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.49/M tokens vs $0.74/M for QwQ 32B.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

QwQ 32B wins 7 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 5 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 127 tok/s vs 33 tok/s. QwQ 32B also has lower time-to-first-token (0.45s vs 0.48s).

When should I use QwQ 32B vs Llama 4 Maverick?

Choose based on your priorities: Llama 4 Maverick for lower cost, QwQ 32B for stronger benchmark performance, and Llama 4 Maverick for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.