Llama 4 Maverick vs Qwen3 Coder Flash
Updated October 21, 2026. 0 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- 9.3
- Output $/M
- $1.00
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $0.975
Decision reading
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
- Shared results
- 0
- Llama 4 Maverick only
- 84
- Qwen3 Coder Flash only
- 0
- Like-for-like categories
- 0 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.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Llama 4 Maverick has a AA Intelligence Index result, 9.3.
Directional only
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Llama 4 Maverick has a AA Agentic Index result, 0.6.
Directional only
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
Qwen3 Coder Flash
Qwen3 Coder Flash takes 1M tokens against 524K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3 Coder Flash
Llama 4 Maverick $0.0008, Qwen3 Coder Flash $0.0007 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Llama 4 Maverick has the number, $1.491.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Llama 4 Maverick not benchmarked, Qwen3 Coder Flash not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- No category has a result for both models.
- Widest single gap
- No benchmark has a result for both models.
- Output price
- Llama 4 Maverick $1.00 against Qwen3 Coder Flash $0.975 per million output tokens, 1.0x apart.
- Context window
- Llama 4 Maverick takes 524K tokens, Qwen3 Coder Flash 1M.
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.
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index11 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Maverick | Qwen3 Coder Flash | 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 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 47.3% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 39.7% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| SciCode | 31.7% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 6.8% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| 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 27 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Maverick | Qwen3 Coder Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 9.3 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 132.2 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Maverick | Qwen3 Coder Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 0.6 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 17.8% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 37 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index12 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Maverick | Qwen3 Coder Flash | 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% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 4.9% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick 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 |
| 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 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Maverick | Qwen3 Coder Flash | 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 |
| 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 6 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index13 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Maverick | Qwen3 Coder Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 79.4% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 77.8% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 49.7% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 66.6% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 58.5% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| 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 4 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Maverick | Qwen3 Coder Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 871 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 899 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 838 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 882 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 901 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 880 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index31 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Maverick | Qwen3 Coder Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 35.7% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 54.2% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| IFBench | 43.0% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 50.0% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| DTBench | 61.9% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMCA | 15.9% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| 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 |
| 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
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Maverick | Qwen3 Coder Flash | 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
Qwen3 Coder Flash costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3 Coder Flash costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3 Coder Flash 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 Coder Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Meta Llama | Qwen |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | April 5, 2025 | September 17, 2025 |
| Context window | 524K | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.35 | $0.195 |
| Output $/Mtok | $1.00 | $0.975 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | $1.491 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Llama 4 Maverick better than Qwen3 Coder Flash for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
Which is cheaper, Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen3 Coder Flash?
Llama 4 Maverick costs $0.35 per million input tokens and $1.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Coder Flash costs $0.195 and $0.975. Cost per solved task is known for Llama 4 Maverick only.
Which has the bigger context window, Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen3 Coder Flash?
Qwen3 Coder Flash, with 1M tokens against 524K.
How many benchmarks is the Llama 4 Maverick vs Qwen3 Coder Flash comparison based on?
0 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Llama 4 Maverick's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Qwen3 Coder Flash's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.