Claude Sonnet 5 vs Llama 4 Maverick
Compare Claude Sonnet 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 Sonnet 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 4.0x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Sonnet 5
Input
$2.00
Output
$10.00
Llama 4 Maverick
Input
$1.50
1.3× cheaper
Output
$2.50
4.0× cheaper
Llama 4 Maverick is cheaper on both — 1.3× input, 4.0× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
34%
Claude Sonnet 5 uses 79.4x more emoji
Claude Sonnet 5
Llama 4 Maverick
59%Vocabulary42%
35wSentence Length24w
0.53Hedging0.76
3.5Bold3.7
3.5Lists6.3
0.79Emoji0.00
1.25Headings0.74
0.06Transitions0.11
Based on 27 + 12 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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