Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
o3-mini leads with 11.3% higher average benchmark score. Llama 4 Maverick offers 1.7M more tokens in context window than o3-mini. Llama 4 Maverick is $4.73 cheaper per million tokens. Llama 4 Maverick supports multimodal inputs. Llama 4 Maverick is available on 7 providers. Overall, o3-mini is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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.
OpenAI
o3-mini was created as an efficient variant of the o3 reasoning model, designed to provide advanced thinking capabilities with reduced computational requirements. Built to make next-generation reasoning accessible to a broader range of applications, it balances analytical depth with practical speed and cost considerations.
2 months newer

o3-mini
OpenAI
2025-01-30

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

Llama 4 Maverick

o3-mini
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

Llama 4 Maverick

o3-mini
o3-mini
2023-09-30
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 4 Maverick
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Groq
Lambda
Novita

Llama 4 Maverick

o3-mini

Llama 4 Maverick

o3-mini
Sambanova
Together

o3-mini
Azure
OpenAI