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Llama 3.1 405B Instruct Long vs Llama 4 Maverick

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct Long wins:

  • No clear advantages in compared metrics

Llama 4 Maverick wins:

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

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureLlama 3.1 405B Instruct LongLlama 4 Maverick
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyLlama 3.1 405B Instruct LongLlama 4 Maverick
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorMeta-llamaMeta-llama
ReleasedUnknownApr 2025

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct Long Modalities

Input
Output

Llama 4 Maverick Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

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 3.1 405B Instruct Long has a 1,048,576 token context window, while Llama 4 Maverick has a 1,048,576 token context window.
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct Long does not support vision. Llama 4 Maverick supports vision.