Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite vs Llama 4 Maverick
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite leads Llama 4 Maverick on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 10.4 to 9.3, and Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite costs 2.5x less per output token ($0.40 vs $1.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 29 benchmarks have a result for both.
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite or Llama 4 Maverick: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite for output tokens 2.5x cheaper ($0.40 vs $1.00 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 524K tokens).
- Shared results
- 29
- Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite only
- 1
- Llama 4 Maverick only
- 56
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite leads, 10.4 against 9.3.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Llama 4 Maverick has a AA Agentic Index result, 0.6.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite leads, 70.2% against 69.4%.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite leads, 42.1% against 25.2%.
Same board, both measured
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Llama 4 Maverick
Llama 4 Maverick leads, 79.4% against 79.1%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Llama 4 Maverick has a Design Arena: websites result, 871.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite takes 1.05M tokens against 524K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite $0.0003, Llama 4 Maverick $0.0008 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Llama 4 Maverick has the number, $1.491.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite not benchmarked, Llama 4 Maverick not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Math, 21.9 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- MedQA (Vals AI): Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite 88.9% against Llama 4 Maverick 43.3%, 45.6 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite $0.40 against Llama 4 Maverick $1.00 per million output tokens, 2.5x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite takes 1.05M tokens, Llama 4 Maverick 524K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Bars | Llama 4 Maverick | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 2 | 1 | ||
| Intelligence | 2 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 3 | 2 | ||
| Math | 3 | 1 | ||
| Knowledge | 3 | 5 | ||
| General | 5 | 1 | ||
| All shared boards | 19 | 10 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index21
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | Not measured | 15.6% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| SWE-bench Verified | Not measured | 21.0% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 16.3 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 71.4% | 47.3% | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 59.3% | 39.7% | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
| SciCode | Not measured | 31.7% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 4.5% | 6.8% | Llama 4 Maverick |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 24.5% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 173.0 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1301 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1299 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 28 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 10.4 | 9.3 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.8 | 132.2 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 0.6 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 19.0% | 17.8% | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) | 36.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index32
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 70.2% | 69.4% | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 75.4% | 71.7% | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 62.5% | 67.1% | Llama 4 Maverick |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 6.8% | 4.9% | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
| ARC-AGI | Not measured | 4.4% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| SimpleBench | Not measured | 27.7% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1281 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1259 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1295 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1134 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1164 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.5% | 55.9% | Llama 4 Maverick |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index31
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 42.1% | 25.2% | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 85.2% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 89.5% | 92.4% | Llama 4 Maverick |
| AA Math Index | 53.3 | 19.3 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 53.3% | 19.3% | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1299 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1295 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index35
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 79.1% | 79.4% | Llama 4 Maverick |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 82.0% | 77.8% | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 57.6% | 49.7% | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 66.2% | 66.6% | Llama 4 Maverick |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 57.6% | 58.5% | Llama 4 Maverick |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 88.9% | 43.3% | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 34.2% | 36.5% | Llama 4 Maverick |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 75.9% | 80.9% | Llama 4 Maverick |
| GeoBench | Not measured | 52.0% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1288 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1275 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1286 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1260 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 871 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 899 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 838 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 882 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 901 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 880 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index51
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 30.8% | 35.7% | Llama 4 Maverick |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 75.8% | 54.2% | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
| IFBench | 49.9% | 43.0% | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 55.7% | 50.0% | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
| DTBench | 62.8% | 61.9% | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
| LMCA | 18.1% | 15.9% | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
| Fiction.LiveBench | Not measured | 46.2% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | Not measured | 62.0% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1287 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1267 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1266 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1142 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1303 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1269 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1277 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1291 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1206 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1203 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1259 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1293 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1286 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1275 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1289 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1280 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1277 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1250 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1150 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1141 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1143 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1100 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1099 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Google Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Meta Llama 4 Maverick |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Meta Llama | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | July 22, 2025 | April 5, 2025 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 524K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.10 | $0.35 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.40 | $1.00 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $1.491 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite better than Llama 4 Maverick for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite for output tokens 2.5x cheaper ($0.40 vs $1.00 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 524K tokens).
Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite or Llama 4 Maverick?
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite costs $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; Llama 4 Maverick costs $0.35 and $1.00. Cost per solved task is known for Llama 4 Maverick only.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite or Llama 4 Maverick?
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite, with 1.05M tokens against 524K.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite vs Llama 4 Maverick comparison based on?
29 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Llama 4 Maverick's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.