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Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Llama 4 Maverick

Updated October 21, 2026. 61 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.

Replace Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Replace Llama 4 Maverick
Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle
Coding
33.6
Overall
22.2
Output $/M
$2.50
61
Llama 4 MaverickMeta Llama
Coding
18.1
Overall
9.3
Output $/M
$0.6525
0
vs boards won of 61 shared

Decision reading

Pick Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite for coding: it scores 33.6 on the Vibe Coding Index against 18.1 for Llama 4 Maverick, though on 1 benchmark against 2.

Pick Llama 4 Maverick when output tokens cost 3.8x less.

Model AGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle33.6/1001 independent benchmark$0.41 per solved taskModel BLlama 4 MaverickMeta Llama18.1/1002 independent benchmarks$1.491 per solved task
Shared results
61
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite only
22
Llama 4 Maverick only
23
Like-for-like categories
7 of 9

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.

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.

At a glance

Coding index
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 33.6 from 1 benchmark, Llama 4 Maverick 18.1 from 2 benchmarks.
Widest category
General, 25.6 points apart on average over 28 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
ARC-AGI: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 53.5% against Llama 4 Maverick 4.4%, 49.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite $2.50 against Llama 4 Maverick $0.6525 per million output tokens, 3.8x apart.
Context window
Gemini 3.5 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.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryGemini 3.5 Flash LiteBarsLlama 4 MaverickTies
Coding70
Intelligence20
Agentic work10
Reasoning110
Math20
Knowledge100
General280
All shared boards610
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index70
Coding benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama 4 MaverickLeader
Aider polyglotNot measured15.6%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
SWE-bench VerifiedNot measured21.0%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena WebDev1435Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
AA Coding Index49.316.3Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)79.0%47.3%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)75.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)37.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Code migration (Vals AI)6.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)0.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)50.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)59.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured39.7%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
SciCode41.3%31.7%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured6.8%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
WeirdML39.0%24.5%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
ALE-Bench765.3173.0Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: coding14531301Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: software and IT14511299Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena WebDev: React1408Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena WebDev: from an image1448Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama 4 MaverickLeader
AA Intelligence Index22.29.3Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Epoch Capabilities Index144.9132.2Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama 4 MaverickLeader
AA Agentic Index14.30.6Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Finance Agent (Vals AI)47.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)7.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)13.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)43.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
τ²-Bench TelecomNot measured17.8%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
APEX-Agents29.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Neither model has a result on the other 32 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index110
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama 4 MaverickLeader
GPQA Diamond83.8%69.4%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)83.6%71.7%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)83.8%67.1%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)18.8%4.9%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)83.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
ARC-AGI53.5%4.4%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
ARC-AGI-210.3%0.0%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
SimpleBenchNot measured27.7%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Chess puzzles21.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Mystery game puzzles19.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14411281Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: expert14341259Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14401295Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Vision: diagrams12841134Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Vision: homework12911164Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Math benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama 4 MaverickLeader
AIMENot measured25.2%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
MATH 500 (Vals AI)Not measured85.2%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
MGSM (Vals AI)Not measured92.4%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
AA Math IndexNot measured19.3Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured19.3%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
OTIS Mock AIME71.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 326.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
FrontierMath, tier 40.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
ProofBench13.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: math14341299Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: mathematical work14331295Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index100
Knowledge benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama 4 MaverickLeader
MMLU Pro85.8%79.4%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LegalBench (Vals AI)84.1%77.8%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
CorpFin (Vals AI)60.7%49.7%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
TaxEval (Vals AI)72.6%66.6%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
MortgageTax (Vals AI)68.7%58.5%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
MedQA (Vals AI)Not measured43.3%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
MedCode (Vals AI)43.5%36.5%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured80.9%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
GeoBenchNot measured52.0%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Text: science14511288Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14381275Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: legal and government14311286Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: business and finance14231260Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama 4 MaverickLeader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured871Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured899Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured838Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Design Arena: data vizNot measured882Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Design Arena: 3DNot measured901Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Design Arena: all code categoriesNot measured880Only 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 index280
General benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama 4 MaverickLeader
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)51.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
SAGE (Vals AI)47.3%35.7%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
MedScribe (Vals AI)70.9%54.2%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
IFBenchNot measured43.0%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)76.0%50.0%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
DTBench83.5%61.9%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMCA37.6%15.9%Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Fiction.LiveBenchNot measured46.2%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)Not measured62.0%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Text14351287Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: instruction following14191267Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: creative writing14211266Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Vision12691142Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: English14381303Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: non-English14271269Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: Chinese14681277Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: German14541291Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: Japanese14261206Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: Korean14071203Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: French14511259Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: Spanish14411293Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: Russian14431286Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: Polish14371275Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: multi-turn14451289Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: longer queries14351280Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: writing and language14281277Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14141250Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Vision: English12691150Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Vision: Chinese13111141Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Vision: reading text12801143Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Vision: humor12871100Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Vision: creative writing12601099Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteLlama 4 MaverickLeader
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 3.5 Flash Lite$0.0015Fits in one request
Llama 4 Maverick$0.0005Fits in one request

Llama 4 Maverick costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite$0.022Fits in one request
Llama 4 Maverick$0.011Fits in one request

Llama 4 Maverick costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite$0.085Fits in one request
Llama 4 Maverick$0.044Fits in one request

Llama 4 Maverick 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.

Specifications of Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Llama 4 Maverick
SpecificationGoogle Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteMeta Llama 4 Maverick
MakerGoogleMeta Llama
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedJuly 21, 2026April 5, 2025
Context window1.05M524K
Input $/Mtok$0.30$0.1875
Output $/Mtok$2.50$0.6525
Coding index33.618.1
Independent measurements behind it12
Cost per solved task$0.41$1.491
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than Llama 4 Maverick for coding?

Pick Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite for coding: it scores 33.6 on the Vibe Coding Index against 18.1 for Llama 4 Maverick, though on 1 benchmark against 2. Pick Llama 4 Maverick when output tokens cost 3.8x less.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Llama 4 Maverick?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Llama 4 Maverick costs $0.1875 and $0.6525. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs $0.41 and Llama 4 Maverick $1.491.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Llama 4 Maverick?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, with 1.05M tokens against 524K.

How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Llama 4 Maverick comparison based on?

61 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Llama 4 Maverick's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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