Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Llama 4 Maverick leads with 4.5% higher average benchmark score. Llama 4 Maverick offers 1.7M more tokens in context window than DeepSeek-V3. Llama 4 Maverick is $0.60 cheaper per million tokens. Llama 4 Maverick supports multimodal inputs. Llama 4 Maverick is available on 7 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3 was introduced as a major architectural advancement, developed with 671B mixture-of-experts parameters and trained on 14.8 trillion tokens. Built to be three times faster than V2 while maintaining open-source availability, it demonstrates competitive performance against frontier closed-source models and represents a significant leap in efficient large-scale model design.
Meta
Llama 4 Maverick was developed as a variant in Meta's fourth-generation language model family, designed to explore specialized capabilities and training approaches. Built to push the boundaries of open-source model development, it represents experimentation with advanced techniques in the Llama lineage.
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DeepSeek-V3
DeepSeek
2024-12-25

Llama 4 Maverick
Meta
2025-04-05
Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek-V3

Llama 4 Maverick
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

DeepSeek-V3

Llama 4 Maverick
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek-V3
DeepSeek

Llama 4 Maverick

DeepSeek-V3

Llama 4 Maverick

DeepSeek-V3

Llama 4 Maverick
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