Claude Opus 5 vs Llama 4 Maverick
Compare Claude Opus 5 by Anthropic against Llama 4 Maverick by Meta AI, context windows of 1.0M vs 1.0M, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Claude Opus 5
Llama 4 Maverick
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Llama 4 Maverick is 10x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Opus 5
Input
$5.00
Output
$25.00
Llama 4 Maverick
Input
$1.50
3.3× cheaper
Output
$2.50
10× cheaper
Llama 4 Maverick is cheaper on both — 3.3× input, 10× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
44%
Claude Opus 5 uses 1.7x more emoji
Claude Opus 5
Llama 4 Maverick
54%Vocabulary42%
21wSentence Length24w
0.40Hedging0.76
3.9Bold3.7
1.9Lists6.3
0.02Emoji0.00
0.71Headings0.74
0.05Transitions0.11
Based on 27 + 12 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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