Meta: Llama 4 Maverick
Meta's Llama 4 Maverick is a versatile AI model capable of processing both text and images, with an impressive context length of up to 1024 tokens. It supports interactive tools but lacks formal reasoning or structured output capabilities. This model should be considered for projects that require handling multiple input modalities within budget constraints; it falls slightly short in benchmarking scores compared to more specialized models but offers a balanced price point at $0.2 per million input tokens and $0.696 per million output tokens.
Benchmark results
Independent, published benchmarks. Blended score 15.8 across 4 benchmarks, last refreshed 2026-08-13. How scoring works →
| Benchmark | Measures | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | code editing across languages | 15.6 |
| AI Index | broad capability composite | 23.9 |
| AI Index Coding | software engineering tasks | 26.9 |
| AI Index Agentic | multi-step tool-using tasks | 2.0 |
- Model ID
- meta-llama/llama-4-maverick
- Vendor
- meta-llama
- Released
- April 2025
- Tokenizer
- Llama4
- Input Modalities
- text, image
- Output Modalities
- text
- Max Output
- default
- Tool Calling
- ✓ supported
- Structured Output
- ✓ supported
- Reasoning Mode
- not supported
- Vision
- ✓ accepts images
- Audio
- no
- Moderated
- no
What it costs in practice
Computed from the current $0.20/M input and $0.70/M output rates. Run your own numbers →
| Job | Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Summarize a 50-page report | 30k in / 1.5k out | under $0.01 |
| Classify 1,000 customer emails | 500k in / 50k out | $0.13 |
| A month of a busy support chatbot | 5M in / 2M out | $2.39 |
Price & spec history
Tracked daily by PicksByModel since 2026-07-17.
| Date | Input /M | Output /M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | $0.20 | $0.70 | 1,048,576 |
| 2026-07-17 | $0.20 | $0.80 | 1,048,576 |
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Quick answers
- How much does Meta: Llama 4 Maverick cost?
- $0.20 per million input tokens and $0.70 per million output tokens.
- What is Meta: Llama 4 Maverick's context window?
- 1,048,576 tokens, roughly 1,572 pages of text in a single request.
- Does Meta: Llama 4 Maverick support tool calling?
- It supports tool calling, structured output.
- Can Meta: Llama 4 Maverick process images?
- Yes, it accepts image input.