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Llama 4 Maverick vs o4 Mini

o4 Mini leads Llama 4 Maverick on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 16.7 to 9.3, and Llama 4 Maverick costs 4.4x less per output token ($1.00 vs $4.40 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 81 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Llama 4 Maverick Replace o4 Mini
Llama 4 MaverickMeta Llama
Coding
No data
Overall
21.8
Output $/M
$1.00
2
o4 MiniOpenAI
Coding
No data
Overall
43.0
Output $/M
$4.40
79
vs boards won of 81 shared

Llama 4 Maverick or o4 Mini: which to pick

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

Pick Llama 4 Maverick for output tokens 4.4x cheaper ($1.00 vs $4.40 per million) and a larger context window (524K against 200K tokens).

Model ALlama 4 MaverickMeta LlamaNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmark$1.491 per solved taskModel Bo4 MiniOpenAINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
81
Llama 4 Maverick only
4
o4 Mini only
17
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, o4 Mini not benchmarked.
Widest category
Agentic work, 37.7 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap
AA Math Index: Llama 4 Maverick 19.3 against o4 Mini 90.7, 71.4 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Llama 4 Maverick $1.00 against o4 Mini $4.40 per million output tokens, 4.4x apart.
Context window
Llama 4 Maverick takes 524K tokens, o4 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 MaverickBarso4 MiniTies
Coding08
Intelligence02
Agentic work01
Reasoning013
Math07
Knowledge112
Web design15
General031
All shared boards279
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index08
Coding benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and o4 Mini
BenchmarkLlama 4 Mavericko4 MiniLeader
Aider polyglot15.6%72.0%o4 Mini
SWE-bench Verified21.0%64.6%o4 Mini
SWE-bench MultimodalNot measured33.9%Only o4 Mini measured
AA Coding Index16.3Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)47.3%82.2%o4 Mini
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)39.7%85.9%o4 Mini
SciCode31.7%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)6.8%15.2%o4 Mini
GSO-BenchNot measured3.6%Only o4 Mini measured
WeirdML24.5%52.6%o4 Mini
ALE-Bench173.0Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Text: coding13011368o4 Mini
LMArena Text: software and IT12991367o4 Mini
SciCodeNot measured10.8%Only o4 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Intelligence benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and o4 Mini
BenchmarkLlama 4 Mavericko4 MiniLeader
AA Intelligence Index9.316.7o4 Mini
Epoch Capabilities Index132.2145.5o4 Mini
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Agentic work benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and o4 Mini
BenchmarkLlama 4 Mavericko4 MiniLeader
AA Agentic Index0.6Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
τ²-Bench Telecom17.8%55.6%o4 Mini
METR time horizonsNot measured63.9%Only o4 Mini measured
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL)Not measured53.2%Only o4 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 37 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index013
Reasoning benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and o4 Mini
BenchmarkLlama 4 Mavericko4 MiniLeader
GPQA Diamond69.4%74.5%o4 Mini
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)71.7%79.7%o4 Mini
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)67.1%78.4%o4 Mini
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)4.9%16.5%o4 Mini
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)Not measured79.6%Only o4 Mini measured
ARC-AGI4.4%58.7%o4 Mini
ARC-AGI-20.0%6.1%o4 Mini
SimpleBench27.7%38.7%o4 Mini
Chess puzzlesNot measured22.0%Only o4 Mini measured
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured5.0%Only o4 Mini measured
VPCTNot measured57.5%Only o4 Mini measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts12811351o4 Mini
LMArena Text: expert12591343o4 Mini
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English12951366o4 Mini
LMArena Vision: diagrams11341197o4 Mini
LMArena Vision: homework11641234o4 Mini
Kagi LLM Benchmark55.9%67.6%o4 Mini
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index07
Math benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and o4 Mini
BenchmarkLlama 4 Mavericko4 MiniLeader
AIME25.2%83.7%o4 Mini
MATH 500 (Vals AI)85.2%94.2%o4 Mini
MGSM (Vals AI)92.4%93.4%o4 Mini
AA Math Index19.390.7o4 Mini
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)19.3%90.7%o4 Mini
OTIS Mock AIMENot measured81.7%Only o4 Mini measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3Not measured36.1%Only o4 Mini measured
FrontierMath, tier 4Not measured4.9%Only o4 Mini measured
MATH level 5Not measured97.8%Only o4 Mini measured
LMArena Text: math12991389o4 Mini
LMArena Text: mathematical work12951379o4 Mini
Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index112
Knowledge benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and o4 Mini
BenchmarkLlama 4 Mavericko4 MiniLeader
MMLU Pro79.4%80.6%o4 Mini
LegalBench (Vals AI)77.8%79.2%o4 Mini
CorpFin (Vals AI)49.7%59.0%o4 Mini
TaxEval (Vals AI)66.6%74.8%o4 Mini
MortgageTax (Vals AI)58.5%64.8%o4 Mini
MedQA (Vals AI)43.3%96.0%o4 Mini
MedCode (Vals AI)36.5%33.8%Llama 4 Maverick
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)80.9%83.2%o4 Mini
SimpleQA VerifiedNot measured19.6%Only o4 Mini measured
GeoBench52.0%64.0%o4 Mini
LMArena Text: science12881354o4 Mini
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare12751361o4 Mini
LMArena Text: legal and government12861350o4 Mini
LMArena Text: business and finance12601325o4 Mini
FACTS Benchmark SuiteNot measured28.1%Only o4 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index15
Web design benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and o4 Mini
BenchmarkLlama 4 Mavericko4 MiniLeader
Design Arena: websites871985o4 Mini
Design Arena: UI components896983o4 Mini
Design Arena: game dev8371003o4 Mini
Design Arena: data viz882991o4 Mini
Design Arena: 3D900854Llama 4 Maverick
Design Arena: all code categories879976o4 Mini
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index031
General benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and o4 Mini
BenchmarkLlama 4 Mavericko4 MiniLeader
SAGE (Vals AI)35.7%41.1%o4 Mini
MedScribe (Vals AI)54.2%69.1%o4 Mini
IFBench43.0%68.7%o4 Mini
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)50.0%61.0%o4 Mini
DTBench61.9%77.6%o4 Mini
LMCA15.9%26.5%o4 Mini
Fiction.LiveBench46.2%77.8%o4 Mini
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)62.0%75.0%o4 Mini
LMArena Text12871353o4 Mini
LMArena Text: instruction following12671320o4 Mini
LMArena Text: creative writing12661294o4 Mini
LMArena Vision11421194o4 Mini
LMArena Text: English13031367o4 Mini
LMArena Text: non-English12691337o4 Mini
LMArena Text: Chinese12771354o4 Mini
LMArena Text: German12911336o4 Mini
LMArena Text: Japanese12061308o4 Mini
LMArena Text: Korean12031312o4 Mini
LMArena Text: French12591364o4 Mini
LMArena Text: Spanish12931346o4 Mini
LMArena Text: Russian12861334o4 Mini
LMArena Text: Polish12751358o4 Mini
LMArena Text: multi-turn12891350o4 Mini
LMArena Text: longer queries12801315o4 Mini
LMArena Text: writing and language12771316o4 Mini
LMArena Text: entertainment and media12501308o4 Mini
LMArena Vision: English11501200o4 Mini
LMArena Vision: Chinese11411218o4 Mini
LMArena Vision: reading text11431197o4 Mini
LMArena Vision: humor11001199o4 Mini
LMArena Vision: captioningNot measured1204Only o4 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing thingsNot measured1218Only o4 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing10991166o4 Mini
Neither model has a result on the other 13 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 o4 Mini
BenchmarkLlama 4 Mavericko4 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$0.0008Fits in one request
o4 Mini$0.0033Fits in one request

Llama 4 Maverick costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Llama 4 Maverick$0.021Fits in one request
o4 Mini$0.068Fits in one request

Llama 4 Maverick costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Llama 4 Maverick$0.080Fits in one request
o4 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 o4 Mini
SpecificationMeta Llama 4 MaverickOpenAI o4 Mini
MakerMeta LlamaOpenAI
WeightsOpen weightsNo public weights listed
ReleasedApril 5, 2025April 16, 2025
Context window524K200K
Input $/Mtok$0.35$1.10
Output $/Mtok$1.00$4.40
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it00
Cost per solved task$1.491Not computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Llama 4 Maverick better than o4 Mini for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Llama 4 Maverick for output tokens 4.4x cheaper ($1.00 vs $4.40 per million) and a larger context window (524K against 200K tokens).

Which is cheaper, Llama 4 Maverick or o4 Mini?

Llama 4 Maverick costs $0.35 per million input tokens and $1.00 per million output tokens; o4 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 o4 Mini?

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

How many benchmarks is the Llama 4 Maverick vs o4 Mini comparison based on?

81 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Llama 4 Maverick's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and o4 Mini's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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