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Code Llama 34B Instruct vs Llama 4 Maverick

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Code Llama 34B Instruct wins:

  • No clear advantages in compared metrics

Llama 4 Maverick wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
  • Supports tool calls
Price Advantage
Llama 4 Maverick
Benchmark Advantage
Llama 4 Maverick
Context Window
Llama 4 Maverick
Speed
Llama 4 Maverick

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricCode Llama 34B InstructLlama 4 MaverickWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.78$0.15 Llama 4 Maverick
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.78$0.60 Llama 4 Maverick
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.45N/A Code Llama 34B Instruct
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Llama 4 Maverick is 66% cheaper overall.

Code Llama 34B Instruct Providers

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Llama 4 Maverick Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Code Llama 34B Instruct Wins
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Llama 4 Maverick Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkCode Llama 34B InstructLlama 4 MaverickWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
-18.4-
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
-15.6-
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
-19.3-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
-80.9-
GPQA
Graduate-level science
-67.1-
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
-39.7-
Aider
Real-world code editing
-15.6-
AIME
Competition math
-39.0-
Llama 4 Maverick significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Code Llama 34B Instruct
N/A
tokens
Llama 4 Maverick
1,048,576
tokens

Speed Performance

MetricCode Llama 34B InstructLlama 4 MaverickWinner
Tokens/secondN/A126.7 tok/s
Time to First TokenN/A0.44s

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureCode Llama 34B InstructLlama 4 Maverick
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyCode Llama 34B InstructLlama 4 Maverick
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorMeta-llamaMeta-llama
ReleasedUnknownApr 2025

Code Llama 34B Instruct Modalities

Input
Output

Llama 4 Maverick Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Llama 4 Maverick has cheaper input pricing at $0.15/M tokens. Llama 4 Maverick has cheaper output pricing at $0.60/M tokens.
Llama 4 Maverick scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 15.6, compared to Code Llama 34B Instruct's score of N/A.
Code Llama 34B Instruct has a unknown token context window, while Llama 4 Maverick has a 1,048,576 token context window.
Code Llama 34B Instruct does not support vision. Llama 4 Maverick supports vision.
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