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Llama 4 Maverick vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B

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 math

Qwen3.5 397B A17B wins:

  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
Price Advantage
Llama 4 Maverick
Benchmark Advantage
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Context Window
Llama 4 Maverick
Speed
Llama 4 Maverick

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricLlama 4 MaverickQwen3.5 397B A17BWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.15$0.39 Llama 4 Maverick
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.60$0.90 Llama 4 Maverick
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$0.45 Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Llama 4 Maverick is 49% cheaper overall.

Llama 4 Maverick Providers

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Qwen3.5 397B A17B Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Llama 4 Maverick Wins
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Qwen3.5 397B A17B Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickQwen3.5 397B A17BWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
18.440.1
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
15.637.4
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
19.3--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
80.9--
GPQA
Graduate-level science
67.186.1
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
39.7--
Aider
Real-world code editing
15.6--
AIME
Competition math
39.0--
Qwen3.5 397B A17B significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Llama 4 Maverick
1,048,576
tokens
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
262,144
tokens
Llama 4 Maverick has a 75% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricLlama 4 MaverickQwen3.5 397B A17BWinner
Tokens/second129.9 tok/s55.5 tok/s
Time to First Token0.47s1.55s
Llama 4 Maverick responds 134% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureLlama 4 MaverickQwen3.5 397B A17B
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyLlama 4 MaverickQwen3.5 397B A17B
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorMeta-llamaQwen
ReleasedApr 2025Feb 2026

Llama 4 Maverick Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

Qwen3.5 397B A17B Modalities

Input
textimagevideo
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.
Qwen3.5 397B A17B scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 37.4, compared to Llama 4 Maverick's score of 15.6.
Llama 4 Maverick has a 1,048,576 token context window, while Qwen3.5 397B A17B has a 262,144 token context window.
Llama 4 Maverick supports vision. Qwen3.5 397B A17B supports vision.