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Llama 4 Maverick vs Llama 4 Scout

Llama 4 Maverick leads Llama 4 Scout on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 9.3 to 6.5, and Llama 4 Scout costs 2.0x less per output token ($0.50 vs $1.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 78 benchmarks have a result for both.

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Llama 4 MaverickMeta Llama
Coding
No data
Overall
21.8
Output $/M
$1.00
69
Llama 4 ScoutMeta Llama
Coding
No data
Overall
24.9
Output $/M
$0.50
8
vs boards won of 78 shared, 1 tied

Llama 4 Maverick or Llama 4 Scout: which to pick

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

Pick Llama 4 Maverick for work measured by MedQA (Vals AI) or Design Arena: data viz, where it leads.

Model ALlama 4 MaverickMeta LlamaNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmark$1.491 per solved taskModel BLlama 4 ScoutMeta LlamaNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmark$1.276 per solved task
Shared results
78
Llama 4 Maverick only
7
Llama 4 Scout only
4
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
Llama 4 Maverick not benchmarked, Llama 4 Scout not benchmarked.
Widest category
Web design, 10.5 points apart on average over 5 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
GPQA Diamond: Llama 4 Maverick 69.4% against Llama 4 Scout 47.0%, 22.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Llama 4 Maverick $1.00 against Llama 4 Scout $0.50 per million output tokens, 2.0x apart.
Context window
Llama 4 Maverick takes 524K tokens, Llama 4 Scout 1.31M.

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
CategoryLlama 4 MaverickBarsLlama 4 ScoutTies
Coding80
Intelligence20
Agentic work20
Reasoning1101 tie
Math70
Knowledge111
Web design41
General246
All shared boards6981 tie
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index80
Coding benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and Llama 4 Scout
BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickLlama 4 ScoutLeader
Aider polyglot15.6%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
SWE-bench Verified21.0%9.1%Llama 4 Maverick
AA Coding Index16.38.2Llama 4 Maverick
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)47.3%38.5%Llama 4 Maverick
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)39.7%29.9%Llama 4 Maverick
SciCode31.7%21.3%Llama 4 Maverick
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)6.8%1.5%Llama 4 Maverick
WeirdML24.5%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
ALE-Bench173.0Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Text: coding13011286Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: software and IT12991286Llama 4 Maverick
Neither model has a result on the other 28 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Intelligence benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and Llama 4 Scout
BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickLlama 4 ScoutLeader
AA Intelligence Index9.36.5Llama 4 Maverick
Epoch Capabilities Index132.2129.6Llama 4 Maverick
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Agentic work benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and Llama 4 Scout
BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickLlama 4 ScoutLeader
AA Agentic Index0.60.5Llama 4 Maverick
τ²-Bench Telecom17.8%15.5%Llama 4 Maverick
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL)Not measured28.1%Only Llama 4 Scout measured
Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index110
Reasoning benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and Llama 4 Scout
BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickLlama 4 ScoutLeader
GPQA Diamond69.4%47.0%Llama 4 Maverick
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)71.7%58.8%Llama 4 Maverick
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)67.1%58.7%Llama 4 Maverick
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)4.9%3.8%Llama 4 Maverick
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)Not measured51.8%Only Llama 4 Scout measured
ARC-AGI4.4%0.5%Llama 4 Maverick
ARC-AGI-20.0%0.0%Tie
SimpleBench27.7%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts12811266Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: expert12591235Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English12951293Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Vision: diagrams11341125Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Vision: homework11641148Llama 4 Maverick
Kagi LLM Benchmark55.9%36.9%Llama 4 Maverick
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
Math benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and Llama 4 Scout
BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickLlama 4 ScoutLeader
AIME25.2%19.0%Llama 4 Maverick
MATH 500 (Vals AI)85.2%79.2%Llama 4 Maverick
MGSM (Vals AI)92.4%88.0%Llama 4 Maverick
AA Math Index19.314.0Llama 4 Maverick
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)19.3%14.0%Llama 4 Maverick
OTIS Mock AIMENot measured7.8%Only Llama 4 Scout measured
MATH level 5Not measured62.3%Only Llama 4 Scout measured
LMArena Text: math12991287Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: mathematical work12951286Llama 4 Maverick
Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index111
Knowledge benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and Llama 4 Scout
BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickLlama 4 ScoutLeader
MMLU Pro79.4%69.6%Llama 4 Maverick
LegalBench (Vals AI)77.8%72.0%Llama 4 Maverick
CorpFin (Vals AI)49.7%46.8%Llama 4 Maverick
TaxEval (Vals AI)66.6%55.2%Llama 4 Maverick
MortgageTax (Vals AI)58.5%57.8%Llama 4 Maverick
MedQA (Vals AI)43.3%50.9%Llama 4 Scout
MedCode (Vals AI)36.5%23.3%Llama 4 Maverick
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)80.9%75.2%Llama 4 Maverick
GeoBench52.0%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Text: science12881278Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare12751275Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: legal and government12861285Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: business and finance12601257Llama 4 Maverick
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index41
Web design benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and Llama 4 Scout
BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickLlama 4 ScoutLeader
Design Arena: websites871750Llama 4 Maverick
Design Arena: UI components896765Llama 4 Maverick
Design Arena: game dev837772Llama 4 Maverick
Design Arena: data viz882896Llama 4 Scout
Design Arena: 3D900Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
Design Arena: all code categories879789Llama 4 Maverick
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index246
General benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and Llama 4 Scout
BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickLlama 4 ScoutLeader
SAGE (Vals AI)35.7%34.8%Llama 4 Maverick
MedScribe (Vals AI)54.2%50.6%Llama 4 Maverick
IFBench43.0%39.5%Llama 4 Maverick
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)50.0%27.7%Llama 4 Maverick
DTBench61.9%57.9%Llama 4 Maverick
LMCA15.9%12.0%Llama 4 Maverick
Fiction.LiveBench46.2%36.0%Llama 4 Maverick
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)62.0%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Text12871279Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: instruction following12671248Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: creative writing12661249Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Vision11421118Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: English13031304Llama 4 Scout
LMArena Text: non-English12691252Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: Chinese12771255Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: German12911273Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: Japanese12061206Llama 4 Scout
LMArena Text: Korean12031207Llama 4 Scout
LMArena Text: French12591283Llama 4 Scout
LMArena Text: Spanish12931278Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: Russian12861263Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: Polish12751265Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: multi-turn12891280Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: longer queries12801265Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: writing and language12771269Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: entertainment and media12501242Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Vision: English11501143Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Vision: Chinese11411106Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Vision: reading text11431117Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Vision: humor11001102Llama 4 Scout
LMArena Vision: creative writing10991126Llama 4 Scout
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 Llama 4 Maverick and Llama 4 Scout
BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickLlama 4 ScoutLeader
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$0.0008Fits in one request
Llama 4 Scout$0.0004Fits in one request

Llama 4 Scout costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Llama 4 Maverick$0.021Fits in one request
Llama 4 Scout$0.010Fits in one request

Llama 4 Scout costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Llama 4 Maverick$0.080Fits in one request
Llama 4 Scout$0.040Fits in one request

Llama 4 Scout 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 Llama 4 Maverick and Llama 4 Scout
SpecificationMeta Llama 4 MaverickMeta Llama 4 Scout
MakerMeta LlamaMeta Llama
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedApril 5, 2025April 5, 2025
Context window524K1.31M
Input $/Mtok$0.35$0.175
Output $/Mtok$1.00$0.50
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it00
Cost per solved task$1.491$1.276
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Llama 4 Maverick better than Llama 4 Scout for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Llama 4 Maverick for work measured by MedQA (Vals AI) or Design Arena: data viz, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Llama 4 Maverick or Llama 4 Scout?

Llama 4 Maverick costs $0.35 per million input tokens and $1.00 per million output tokens; Llama 4 Scout costs $0.175 and $0.50. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Llama 4 Maverick costs $1.491 and Llama 4 Scout $1.276.

Which has the bigger context window, Llama 4 Maverick or Llama 4 Scout?

Llama 4 Scout, with 1.31M tokens against 524K.

How many benchmarks is the Llama 4 Maverick vs Llama 4 Scout comparison based on?

78 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Llama 4 Maverick's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Llama 4 Scout's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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