Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Llama 4 Maverick leads with 4.7% higher average benchmark score. 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.
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.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen 2.5 14B was developed as a mid-sized instruction-tuned model, designed to balance capability and efficiency for diverse language tasks. Built with 14 billion parameters, it provides strong performance for applications requiring reliable instruction-following without the resource demands of larger models.
6 months newer

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19

Llama 4 Maverick
Meta
2025-04-05
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 5 common benchmarks

Llama 4 Maverick

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 4 Maverick
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Groq
Lambda
Novita

Llama 4 Maverick

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

Llama 4 Maverick

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Sambanova
Together

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct