DeepSeek V3 (March 2024) vs Llama 4 Maverick
Compare DeepSeek V3 (March 2024) by DeepSeek against Llama 4 Maverick by Meta AI, in 12 community votes, deepseek v3 (march 2024) wins 80% of head-to-head duels, context windows of 128K vs 1.0M, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Web Design: DeepSeek V3 (March 2024) wins 100% of votes
Image Generation: DeepSeek V3 (March 2024) and Llama 4 Maverick are tied
Our Verdict
DeepSeek V3 (March 2024)Winner
Llama 4 MaverickRunner-up
Pick DeepSeek V3 (March 2024). In 12 blind votes, DeepSeek V3 (March 2024) wins 80% of the time. That's not luck.
DeepSeek V3 (March 2024) particularly excels in Web Design. DeepSeek V3 (March 2024) is 8.9x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Clear winner
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
DeepSeek V3 (March 2024)
Input
$0.14
11× cheaper
Output
$0.28
8.9× cheaper
Llama 4 Maverick
Input
$1.50
Output
$2.50
DeepSeek V3 (March 2024) is cheaper on both — 11× input, 8.9× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
51%
DeepSeek V3 (March 2024) uses 25.6x more emoji
DeepSeek V3 (March 2024)
Llama 4 Maverick
58%Vocabulary42%
18wSentence Length24w
0.73Hedging0.76
7.5Bold3.7
7.6Lists6.3
0.26Emoji0.00
1.60Headings0.74
0.08Transitions0.11
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Research
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