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GPT-4.1 Nano vs Llama 4 Maverick

Llama 4 Maverick leads GPT-4.1 Nano on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 9.3 to 7.8, and GPT-4.1 Nano costs 2.5x less per output token ($0.40 vs $1.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 65 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace GPT-4.1 Nano Replace Llama 4 Maverick
GPT-4.1 NanoOpenAI
Coding
No data
Overall
24.7
Output $/M
$0.40
20
Llama 4 MaverickMeta Llama
Coding
No data
Overall
21.8
Output $/M
$1.00
44
vs boards won of 65 shared, 1 tied

GPT-4.1 Nano or Llama 4 Maverick: which to pick

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick GPT-4.1 Nano for output tokens 2.5x cheaper ($0.40 vs $1.00 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 524K tokens).

Model AGPT-4.1 NanoOpenAINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BLlama 4 MaverickMeta LlamaNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmark$1.491 per solved task
Shared results
65
GPT-4.1 Nano only
6
Llama 4 Maverick only
20
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.

At a glance

Coding index
GPT-4.1 Nano not benchmarked, Llama 4 Maverick not benchmarked.
Widest category
Knowledge, 8.8 points apart on average over 11 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR): GPT-4.1 Nano 20.3% against Llama 4 Maverick 50.0%, 29.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
GPT-4.1 Nano $0.40 against Llama 4 Maverick $1.00 per million output tokens, 2.5x apart.
Context window
GPT-4.1 Nano 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
CategoryGPT-4.1 NanoBarsLlama 4 MaverickTies
Coding26
Intelligence02
Agentic work01
Reasoning271 tie
Math34
Knowledge56
Web design60
General218
All shared boards20441 tie
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index26
Coding benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Nano and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 NanoLlama 4 MaverickLeader
Aider polyglot8.9%15.6%Llama 4 Maverick
SWE-bench VerifiedNot measured21.0%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
AA Coding Index11.116.3Llama 4 Maverick
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)42.7%47.3%Llama 4 Maverick
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)32.6%39.7%Llama 4 Maverick
SciCodeNot measured31.7%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)3.8%6.8%Llama 4 Maverick
WeirdML19.0%24.5%Llama 4 Maverick
ALE-BenchNot measured173.0Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Text: coding13061301GPT-4.1 Nano
LMArena Text: software and IT13051299GPT-4.1 Nano
Neither model has a result on the other 28 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Intelligence benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Nano and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 NanoLlama 4 MaverickLeader
AA Intelligence Index7.89.3Llama 4 Maverick
Epoch Capabilities Index129.5132.2Llama 4 Maverick
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Agentic work benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Nano and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 NanoLlama 4 MaverickLeader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured0.6Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
τ²-Bench Telecom17.3%17.8%Llama 4 Maverick
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL)33.1%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Nano measured
Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index27
Reasoning benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Nano and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 NanoLlama 4 MaverickLeader
GPQA Diamond50.8%69.4%Llama 4 Maverick
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)55.0%71.7%Llama 4 Maverick
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)51.2%67.1%Llama 4 Maverick
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)3.8%4.9%Llama 4 Maverick
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)48.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Nano measured
ARC-AGI0.0%4.4%Llama 4 Maverick
ARC-AGI-20.0%0.0%Tie
SimpleBenchNot measured27.7%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Chess puzzles0.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Nano measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts12861281GPT-4.1 Nano
LMArena Text: expert12711259GPT-4.1 Nano
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English12931295Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1134Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1164Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Kagi LLM Benchmark33.3%55.9%Llama 4 Maverick
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index34
Math benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Nano and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 NanoLlama 4 MaverickLeader
AIME26.5%25.2%GPT-4.1 Nano
MATH 500 (Vals AI)80.2%85.2%Llama 4 Maverick
MGSM (Vals AI)69.3%92.4%Llama 4 Maverick
AA Math Index24.019.3GPT-4.1 Nano
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)24.0%19.3%GPT-4.1 Nano
OTIS Mock AIME28.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Nano measured
MATH level 570.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Nano measured
LMArena Text: math12741299Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: mathematical work12741295Llama 4 Maverick
Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index56
Knowledge benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Nano and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 NanoLlama 4 MaverickLeader
MMLU Pro63.5%79.4%Llama 4 Maverick
LegalBench (Vals AI)61.1%77.8%Llama 4 Maverick
CorpFin (Vals AI)42.1%49.7%Llama 4 Maverick
TaxEval (Vals AI)60.8%66.6%Llama 4 Maverick
MortgageTax (Vals AI)52.8%58.5%Llama 4 Maverick
MedQA (Vals AI)68.2%43.3%GPT-4.1 Nano
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured36.5%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)65.7%80.9%Llama 4 Maverick
SimpleQA Verified6.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Nano measured
GeoBenchNot measured52.0%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Text: science12971288GPT-4.1 Nano
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare12761275GPT-4.1 Nano
LMArena Text: legal and government13001286GPT-4.1 Nano
LMArena Text: business and finance12671260GPT-4.1 Nano
Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
Web design benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Nano and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 NanoLlama 4 MaverickLeader
Design Arena: websites972871GPT-4.1 Nano
Design Arena: UI components913896GPT-4.1 Nano
Design Arena: game dev970837GPT-4.1 Nano
Design Arena: data viz891882GPT-4.1 Nano
Design Arena: 3D924900GPT-4.1 Nano
Design Arena: all code categories962879GPT-4.1 Nano
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index218
General benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Nano and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 NanoLlama 4 MaverickLeader
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured35.7%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)Not measured54.2%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
IFBench32.0%43.0%Llama 4 Maverick
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)20.3%50.0%Llama 4 Maverick
DTBench52.5%61.9%Llama 4 Maverick
LMCA5.5%15.9%Llama 4 Maverick
Fiction.LiveBench25.0%46.2%Llama 4 Maverick
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)Not measured62.0%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Text12851287Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: instruction following12661267Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: creative writing12601266Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Vision10631142Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: English13031303GPT-4.1 Nano
LMArena Text: non-English12601269Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: Chinese12701277Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: German12881291Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: Japanese11981206Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: KoreanNot measured1203Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Text: FrenchNot measured1259Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Text: SpanishNot measured1293Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Text: Russian12611286Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1275Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn12771289Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: longer queries12831280GPT-4.1 Nano
LMArena Text: writing and language12611277Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: entertainment and media12431250Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Vision: English11011150Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Vision: ChineseNot measured1141Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Vision: reading textNot measured1143Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Vision: humorNot measured1100Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Vision: creative writingNot measured1099Only 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
Image generation benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Nano and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 NanoLlama 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

GPT-4.1 Nano$0.0003Fits in one request
Llama 4 Maverick$0.0008Fits in one request

GPT-4.1 Nano costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

GPT-4.1 Nano$0.0062Fits in one request
Llama 4 Maverick$0.021Fits in one request

GPT-4.1 Nano costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

GPT-4.1 Nano$0.024Fits in one request
Llama 4 Maverick$0.080Fits in one request

GPT-4.1 Nano 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 GPT-4.1 Nano and Llama 4 Maverick
SpecificationOpenAI GPT-4.1 NanoMeta Llama 4 Maverick
MakerOpenAIMeta Llama
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedApril 14, 2025April 5, 2025
Context window1.05M524K
Input $/Mtok$0.10$0.35
Output $/Mtok$0.40$1.00
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it00
Cost per solved taskNot computable$1.491
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is GPT-4.1 Nano better than Llama 4 Maverick for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick GPT-4.1 Nano 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, GPT-4.1 Nano or Llama 4 Maverick?

GPT-4.1 Nano 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, GPT-4.1 Nano or Llama 4 Maverick?

GPT-4.1 Nano, with 1.05M tokens against 524K.

How many benchmarks is the GPT-4.1 Nano vs Llama 4 Maverick comparison based on?

65 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. GPT-4.1 Nano'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.

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