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Llama 4 Maverick vs o3 Mini

Updated October 21, 2026. 59 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.

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Llama 4 MaverickMeta Llama
Coding
18.1
Overall
9.3
Output $/M
$0.6525
8
o3 MiniOpenAI
Coding
52.1
Overall
12.5
Output $/M
$4.40
50
vs boards won of 59 shared, 1 tied

Decision reading

Pick o3 Mini for coding: it scores 52.1 on the Vibe Coding Index against 18.1 for Llama 4 Maverick.

Pick Llama 4 Maverick when output tokens cost 6.7x less, or when the context window is larger, 524K against 200K tokens.

Model ALlama 4 MaverickMeta Llama18.1/1002 independent benchmarks$1.491 per solved taskModel Bo3 MiniOpenAI52.1/1002 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved task
Shared results
59
Llama 4 Maverick only
25
o3 Mini only
11
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
Llama 4 Maverick 18.1 from 2 benchmarks, o3 Mini 52.1 from 2 benchmarks.
Widest category
Math, 20.5 points apart on average over 5 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
AIME: Llama 4 Maverick 25.2% against o3 Mini 86.5%, 61.2 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Llama 4 Maverick $0.6525 against o3 Mini $4.40 per million output tokens, 6.7x apart.
Context window
Llama 4 Maverick takes 524K tokens, o3 Mini 200K.

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 MaverickBarso3 MiniTies
Coding081 tie
Intelligence02
Agentic work01
Reasoning18
Math14
Knowledge46
General221
All shared boards8501 tie
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index08
Coding benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and o3 Mini
BenchmarkLlama 4 Mavericko3 MiniLeader
Aider polyglot15.6%60.4%o3 Mini
SWE-bench Verified21.0%42.4%o3 Mini
SWE-bench LiteNot measured32.3%Only o3 Mini measured
AA Coding Index16.3Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)47.3%71.5%o3 Mini
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)39.7%73.4%o3 Mini
SciCode31.7%42.8%o3 Mini
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)6.8%6.8%Tie
GSO-BenchNot measured1.3%Only o3 Mini measured
WeirdML24.5%43.7%o3 Mini
CybenchNot measured22.5%Only o3 Mini measured
ALE-Bench173.0Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Text: coding13011378o3 Mini
LMArena Text: software and IT12991364o3 Mini
Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Intelligence benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and o3 Mini
BenchmarkLlama 4 Mavericko3 MiniLeader
AA Intelligence Index9.312.5o3 Mini
Epoch Capabilities Index132.2140.2o3 Mini
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Agentic work benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and o3 Mini
BenchmarkLlama 4 Mavericko3 MiniLeader
AA Agentic Index0.6Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
τ²-Bench Telecom17.8%31.3%o3 Mini
Neither model has a result on the other 37 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index18
Reasoning benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and o3 Mini
BenchmarkLlama 4 Mavericko3 MiniLeader
GPQA Diamond69.4%75.5%o3 Mini
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)71.7%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)67.1%77.3%o3 Mini
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)4.9%12.0%o3 Mini
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)Not measured77.0%Only o3 Mini measured
ARC-AGI4.4%34.5%o3 Mini
ARC-AGI-20.0%3.0%o3 Mini
SimpleBench27.7%22.8%Llama 4 Maverick
Chess puzzlesNot measured15.0%Only o3 Mini measured
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured7.0%Only o3 Mini measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts12811365o3 Mini
LMArena Text: expert12591364o3 Mini
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English12951375o3 Mini
LMArena Vision: diagrams1134Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Vision: homework1164Not measuredOnly 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 index14
Math benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and o3 Mini
BenchmarkLlama 4 Mavericko3 MiniLeader
AIME25.2%86.5%o3 Mini
MATH 500 (Vals AI)85.2%91.8%o3 Mini
MGSM (Vals AI)92.4%91.3%Llama 4 Maverick
AA Math Index19.3Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)19.3%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
OTIS Mock AIMENot measured76.9%Only o3 Mini measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3Not measured18.6%Only o3 Mini measured
FrontierMath, tier 4Not measured0.0%Only o3 Mini measured
MATH level 5Not measured96.5%Only o3 Mini measured
LMArena Text: math12991396o3 Mini
LMArena Text: mathematical work12951399o3 Mini
Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index46
Knowledge benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and o3 Mini
BenchmarkLlama 4 Mavericko3 MiniLeader
MMLU Pro79.4%78.7%Llama 4 Maverick
LegalBench (Vals AI)77.8%71.5%Llama 4 Maverick
CorpFin (Vals AI)49.7%45.3%Llama 4 Maverick
TaxEval (Vals AI)66.6%69.4%o3 Mini
MortgageTax (Vals AI)58.5%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
MedQA (Vals AI)43.3%94.8%o3 Mini
MedCode (Vals AI)36.5%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)80.9%80.2%Llama 4 Maverick
SimpleQA VerifiedNot measured15.3%Only o3 Mini measured
GeoBench52.0%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Text: science12881339o3 Mini
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare12751330o3 Mini
LMArena Text: legal and government12861328o3 Mini
LMArena Text: business and finance12601313o3 Mini
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and o3 Mini
BenchmarkLlama 4 Mavericko3 MiniLeader
Design Arena: websites871Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
Design Arena: UI components899Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
Design Arena: game dev838Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
Design Arena: data viz882Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
Design Arena: 3D901Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
Design Arena: all code categories880Not measuredOnly 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 index221
General benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and o3 Mini
BenchmarkLlama 4 Mavericko3 MiniLeader
SAGE (Vals AI)35.7%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)54.2%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
IFBench43.0%67.1%o3 Mini
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)50.0%43.0%Llama 4 Maverick
DTBench61.9%68.8%o3 Mini
LMCA15.9%19.0%o3 Mini
Fiction.LiveBench46.2%50.0%o3 Mini
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)62.0%61.7%Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text12871337o3 Mini
LMArena Text: instruction following12671337o3 Mini
LMArena Text: creative writing12661286o3 Mini
LMArena Vision1142Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Text: English13031351o3 Mini
LMArena Text: non-English12691319o3 Mini
LMArena Text: Chinese12771379o3 Mini
LMArena Text: German12911303o3 Mini
LMArena Text: Japanese12061286o3 Mini
LMArena Text: Korean12031313o3 Mini
LMArena Text: French12591334o3 Mini
LMArena Text: Spanish12931321o3 Mini
LMArena Text: Russian12861304o3 Mini
LMArena Text: Polish12751294o3 Mini
LMArena Text: multi-turn12891320o3 Mini
LMArena Text: longer queries12801343o3 Mini
LMArena Text: writing and language12771313o3 Mini
LMArena Text: entertainment and media12501283o3 Mini
LMArena Vision: English1150Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Vision: Chinese1141Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Vision: reading text1143Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Vision: humor1100Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing1099Not measuredOnly 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 Llama 4 Maverick and o3 Mini
BenchmarkLlama 4 Mavericko3 MiniLeader
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$0.0005Fits in one request
o3 Mini$0.0033Fits in one request

Llama 4 Maverick costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Llama 4 Maverick$0.011Fits in one request
o3 Mini$0.068Fits in one request

Llama 4 Maverick costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Llama 4 Maverick$0.044Fits in one request
o3 Mini$0.264Exceeds the context window

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 Llama 4 Maverick and o3 Mini
SpecificationMeta Llama 4 MaverickOpenAI o3 Mini
MakerMeta LlamaOpenAI
WeightsOpen weightsNo public weights listed
ReleasedApril 5, 2025January 31, 2025
Context window524K200K
Input $/Mtok$0.1875$1.10
Output $/Mtok$0.6525$4.40
Coding index18.152.1
Independent measurements behind it22
Cost per solved task$1.491Not computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Llama 4 Maverick better than o3 Mini for coding?

Pick o3 Mini for coding: it scores 52.1 on the Vibe Coding Index against 18.1 for Llama 4 Maverick. Pick Llama 4 Maverick when output tokens cost 6.7x less, or when the context window is larger, 524K against 200K tokens.

Which is cheaper, Llama 4 Maverick or o3 Mini?

Llama 4 Maverick costs $0.1875 per million input tokens and $0.6525 per million output tokens; o3 Mini costs $1.10 and $4.40. Cost per solved task is known for Llama 4 Maverick only.

Which has the bigger context window, Llama 4 Maverick or o3 Mini?

Llama 4 Maverick, with 524K tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks is the Llama 4 Maverick vs o3 Mini comparison based on?

59 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Llama 4 Maverick's coding index rests on 2 independent benchmarks and o3 Mini's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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