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Llama 4 Maverick vs Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Llama 4 Maverick wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision

Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct wins:

  • Higher intelligence benchmark
Price Advantage
Llama 4 Maverick
Benchmark Advantage
Llama 4 Maverick
Context Window
Llama 4 Maverick
Speed
Llama 4 Maverick

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricLlama 4 MaverickPhi-3 Medium 128K InstructWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.15$1.00 Llama 4 Maverick
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.60$1.00 Llama 4 Maverick
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Llama 4 Maverick is 74% cheaper overall.

Llama 4 Maverick Providers

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Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
2
Llama 4 Maverick Wins
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Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickPhi-3 Medium 128K InstructWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
18.432.0
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
15.6--
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
19.3--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
80.941.2
GPQA
Graduate-level science
67.111.5
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
39.7--
Aider
Real-world code editing
15.6--
AIME
Competition math
39.0--
BBH
Big-Bench Hard
-48.5-
Llama 4 Maverick significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Llama 4 Maverick
1,048,576
tokens
Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct
128,000
tokens
Llama 4 Maverick has a 88% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricLlama 4 MaverickPhi-3 Medium 128K InstructWinner
Tokens/second129.9 tok/sN/A
Time to First Token0.47sN/A

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureLlama 4 MaverickPhi-3 Medium 128K Instruct
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyLlama 4 MaverickPhi-3 Medium 128K Instruct
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorMeta-llamaMicrosoft
ReleasedApr 2025Unknown

Llama 4 Maverick Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct Modalities

Input
Output

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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 Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct's score of N/A.
Llama 4 Maverick has a 1,048,576 token context window, while Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct has a 128,000 token context window.
Llama 4 Maverick supports vision. Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct does not support vision.