Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Llama 4 Maverick
Gemini 3.6 Flash leads Llama 4 Maverick on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 34.0 to 9.3, and Llama 4 Maverick costs 3.8x less per output token ($1.00 vs $3.75 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 67 benchmarks have a result for both.
Gemini 3.6 Flash or Llama 4 Maverick: which to pick
Only Gemini 3.6 Flash has a coding score, 62.5 on the Vibe Coding Index; Llama 4 Maverick has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Llama 4 Maverick for output tokens 3.8x cheaper ($1.00 vs $3.75 per million).
- Shared results
- 67
- Gemini 3.6 Flash only
- 42
- Llama 4 Maverick only
- 18
- Like-for-like categories
- 8 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
Only Gemini 3.6 Flash has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Gemini 3.6 Flash leads, 34.0 against 9.3.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Gemini 3.6 Flash leads, 29.0 against 0.6.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Gemini 3.6 Flash leads, 93.4% against 69.4%.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
No call
Only Llama 4 Maverick has a AIME result, 25.2%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Gemini 3.6 Flash leads, 89.3% against 79.4%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Gemini 3.6 Flash leads, 1300 against 871.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Gemini 3.6 Flash takes 1.05M tokens against 524K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Llama 4 Maverick
Gemini 3.6 Flash $0.0026, Llama 4 Maverick $0.0008 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Gemini 3.6 Flash $1.49, Llama 4 Maverick $1.491.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 3.6 Flash 62.5 from 4 benchmarks, Llama 4 Maverick not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Web design, 50.9 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- ARC-AGI: Gemini 3.6 Flash 91.2% against Llama 4 Maverick 4.4%, 86.8 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 3.6 Flash $3.75 against Llama 4 Maverick $1.00 per million output tokens, 3.8x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 3.6 Flash 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 3.6 Flash | Bars | Llama 4 Maverick | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 7 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 2 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 11 | 0 | ||
| Math | 2 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 10 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 6 | 0 | ||
| General | 28 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 67 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index70
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | 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 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1538 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| AA Coding Index | 69.2 | 16.3 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 88.1% | 47.3% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 79.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 64.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 30.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 35.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 73.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 45.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 39.7% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| SciCode | 53.4% | 31.7% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 6.8% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| FrontierCode | 34.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| WeirdML | 56.1% | 24.5% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| ALE-Bench | 715.5 | 173.0 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1491 | 1301 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1492 | 1299 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1528 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1547 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1545 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| SciCode | 10.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 34.0 | 9.3 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 154.5 | 132.2 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 29.0 | 0.6 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1197 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1181 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1198 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | 1204 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | 1180 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | 1099 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | 1121 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | 1071 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 56.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 18.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 25.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 65.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | 58.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 4.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 17.8% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| APEX-Agents | 46.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index110
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 93.4% | 69.4% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 88.4% | 71.7% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 92.8% | 67.1% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 40.8% | 4.9% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 94.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| ARC-AGI | 91.2% | 4.4% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 60.4% | 0.0% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| SimpleBench | Not measured | 27.7% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Chess puzzles | 42.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 30.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1486 | 1281 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1490 | 1259 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1484 | 1295 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1314 | 1134 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1314 | 1164 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | Not measured | 55.9% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | Not measured | 25.2% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 85.2% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | Not measured | 92.4% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| AA Math Index | Not measured | 19.3 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 19.3% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 94.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 58.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 22.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| ProofBench | 36.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1508 | 1299 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1492 | 1295 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index100
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 89.3% | 79.4% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 86.7% | 77.8% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 63.3% | 49.7% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 74.9% | 66.6% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 67.6% | 58.5% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | Not measured | 43.3% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 53.1% | 36.5% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 80.9% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 66.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| GeoBench | Not measured | 52.0% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1489 | 1288 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1469 | 1275 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1479 | 1286 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1464 | 1260 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 65.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1300 | 871 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1294 | 896 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1263 | 837 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1289 | 882 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1271 | 900 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1289 | 879 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1281 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index280
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 56.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 48.7% | 35.7% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 79.7% | 54.2% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Vals Multimodal Index | 65.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 43.0% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 80.0% | 50.0% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| DTBench | 95.5% | 61.9% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMCA | 44.9% | 15.9% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Fiction.LiveBench | Not measured | 46.2% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | Not measured | 62.0% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Furniture assembly | 23.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text | 1480 | 1287 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1467 | 1267 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1466 | 1266 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Vision | 1299 | 1142 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: English | 1482 | 1303 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1470 | 1269 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1531 | 1277 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: German | 1480 | 1291 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1475 | 1206 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1429 | 1203 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: French | 1503 | 1259 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1476 | 1293 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1488 | 1286 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1473 | 1275 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1481 | 1289 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1475 | 1280 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1470 | 1277 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1456 | 1250 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1295 | 1150 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1357 | 1141 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1312 | 1143 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1289 | 1100 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1278 | 1099 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LMArena Document | 1456 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.6 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | 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
Llama 4 Maverick costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Llama 4 Maverick costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
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.
| Specification | Google Gemini 3.6 Flash | Meta Llama 4 Maverick |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Meta Llama | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | July 21, 2026 | April 5, 2025 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 524K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.75 | $0.35 |
| Output $/Mtok | $3.75 | $1.00 |
| Coding index | 62.5 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 4 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | $1.49 | $1.491 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Llama 4 Maverick for coding?
Only Gemini 3.6 Flash has a coding score, 62.5 on the Vibe Coding Index; Llama 4 Maverick has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Llama 4 Maverick for output tokens 3.8x cheaper ($1.00 vs $3.75 per million).
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Llama 4 Maverick?
Gemini 3.6 Flash costs $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Llama 4 Maverick costs $0.35 and $1.00. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Gemini 3.6 Flash costs $1.49 and Llama 4 Maverick $1.491.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Llama 4 Maverick?
Gemini 3.6 Flash, with 1.05M tokens against 524K.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Llama 4 Maverick comparison based on?
67 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Gemini 3.6 Flash's coding index rests on 4 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.