Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Llama 4 Maverick
Compare Claude Sonnet 4.6 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 Sonnet 4.6
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 6.0x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Input
$3.00
Output
$15.00
Llama 4 Maverick
Input
$1.50
2.0× cheaper
Output
$2.50
6.0× cheaper
Llama 4 Maverick is cheaper on both — 2.0× input, 6.0× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
44%
Claude Sonnet 4.6 uses 19.1x more emoji
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Llama 4 Maverick
56%Vocabulary42%
36wSentence Length24w
0.53Hedging0.76
5.1Bold3.7
3.4Lists6.3
0.19Emoji0.00
2.10Headings0.74
0.02Transitions0.11
Based on 23 + 12 text responses
Research
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