Llama 4 Maverick vs Qwen3.6 27B
Qwen3.6 27B leads Llama 4 Maverick on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 21.4 to 9.3, and Llama 4 Maverick costs 2.7x less per output token ($1.00 vs $2.70 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 17 benchmarks have a result for both.
Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen3.6 27B: which to pick
Only Qwen3.6 27B has a coding score, 36.8 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 2.7x cheaper ($1.00 vs $2.70 per million) and a larger context window (524K against 262K tokens).
- Shared results
- 17
- Llama 4 Maverick only
- 68
- Qwen3.6 27B only
- 8
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 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 Qwen3.6 27B has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Qwen3.6 27B
Qwen3.6 27B leads, 21.4 against 9.3.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
Qwen3.6 27B
Qwen3.6 27B leads, 18.5 against 0.6.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Llama 4 Maverick has a GPQA Diamond result, 69.4%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Llama 4 Maverick has a AIME result, 25.2%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Llama 4 Maverick has a MMLU Pro result, 79.4%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Llama 4 Maverick has a Design Arena: websites result, 871.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Llama 4 Maverick
Llama 4 Maverick takes 524K tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Llama 4 Maverick
Llama 4 Maverick $0.0008, Qwen3.6 27B $0.0018 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
Qwen3.6 27B
Llama 4 Maverick $1.491, Qwen3.6 27B $1.30.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- Llama 4 Maverick not benchmarked, Qwen3.6 27B 36.8 from 2 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 47.1 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- τ²-Bench Telecom: Llama 4 Maverick 17.8% against Qwen3.6 27B 94.2%, 76.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Llama 4 Maverick $1.00 against Qwen3.6 27B $2.70 per million output tokens, 2.7x apart.
- Context window
- Llama 4 Maverick takes 524K tokens, Qwen3.6 27B 262K.
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 | Llama 4 Maverick | Bars | Qwen3.6 27B | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 3 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 2 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 2 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 3 | ||
| General | 0 | 5 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 17 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index03
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Maverick | Qwen3.6 27B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | 15.6% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| SWE-bench Verified | 21.0% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| AA Coding Index | 16.3 | 53.7 | Qwen3.6 27B |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 47.3% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 70.0% | Only Qwen3.6 27B measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 11.9% | Only Qwen3.6 27B measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 39.7% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| SciCode | 31.7% | 42.8% | Qwen3.6 27B |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 6.8% | 34.8% | Qwen3.6 27B |
| WeirdML | 24.5% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| ALE-Bench | 173.0 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1301 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1299 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 30 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Maverick | Qwen3.6 27B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 9.3 | 21.4 | Qwen3.6 27B |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 132.2 | 146.2 | Qwen3.6 27B |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Maverick | Qwen3.6 27B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 0.6 | 18.5 | Qwen3.6 27B |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 17.8% | 94.2% | Qwen3.6 27B |
| Neither model has a result on the other 40 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Maverick | Qwen3.6 27B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 69.4% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 71.7% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 67.1% | 84.2% | Qwen3.6 27B |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 4.9% | 23.1% | Qwen3.6 27B |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 85.9% | Only Qwen3.6 27B measured |
| ARC-AGI | 4.4% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| SimpleBench | 27.7% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 7.0% | Only Qwen3.6 27B measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1281 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1259 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1295 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1134 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1164 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 55.9% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Maverick | Qwen3.6 27B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 25.2% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | 85.2% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 92.4% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| AA Math Index | 19.3 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 19.3% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 91.1% | Only Qwen3.6 27B measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 35.1% | Only Qwen3.6 27B measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1299 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1295 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Maverick | Qwen3.6 27B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 79.4% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 77.8% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | Not measured | 53.2% | Only Qwen3.6 27B measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 49.7% | 62.3% | Qwen3.6 27B |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 66.6% | 71.3% | Qwen3.6 27B |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 58.5% | 68.3% | Qwen3.6 27B |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 43.3% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 36.5% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 80.9% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| GeoBench | 52.0% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1288 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1275 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1286 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1260 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Maverick | Qwen3.6 27B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 871 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 897 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 837 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 882 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 900 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 879 | Not measured | Only 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 index05
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Maverick | Qwen3.6 27B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 35.7% | 45.6% | Qwen3.6 27B |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 54.2% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| IFBench | 43.0% | 67.6% | Qwen3.6 27B |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 50.0% | 77.3% | Qwen3.6 27B |
| DTBench | 61.9% | 78.1% | Qwen3.6 27B |
| LMCA | 15.9% | 34.5% | Qwen3.6 27B |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 46.2% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | 62.0% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text | 1287 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1267 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1266 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Vision | 1142 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1303 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1269 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1277 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1291 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1206 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1203 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1259 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1293 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1286 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1275 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1289 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1280 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1277 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1250 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1150 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1141 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1143 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1100 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1099 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| EQ-Bench 4 | Not measured | 1026 | Only Qwen3.6 27B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Maverick | Qwen3.6 27B | 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 | Meta Llama 4 Maverick | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Meta Llama | Qwen |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | April 5, 2025 | April 27, 2026 |
| Context window | 524K | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.35 | $0.45 |
| Output $/Mtok | $1.00 | $2.70 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 36.8 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 2 |
| Cost per solved task | $1.491 | $1.30 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Llama 4 Maverick better than Qwen3.6 27B for coding?
Only Qwen3.6 27B has a coding score, 36.8 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 2.7x cheaper ($1.00 vs $2.70 per million) and a larger context window (524K against 262K tokens).
Which is cheaper, Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen3.6 27B?
Llama 4 Maverick costs $0.35 per million input tokens and $1.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 27B costs $0.45 and $2.70. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Llama 4 Maverick costs $1.491 and Qwen3.6 27B $1.30.
Which has the bigger context window, Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen3.6 27B?
Llama 4 Maverick, with 524K tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks is the Llama 4 Maverick vs Qwen3.6 27B comparison based on?
17 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Llama 4 Maverick's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Qwen3.6 27B's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.