DeepSeek V4 Flash vs Llama 4 Maverick
Compare DeepSeek V4 Flash by DeepSeek against Llama 4 Maverick by Meta AI, context windows of 1.0M vs 1.0M, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
DeepSeek V4 Flash
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.
DeepSeek V4 Flash is 8.9x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Input
$0.14
11× cheaper
Output
$0.28
8.9× cheaper
Llama 4 Maverick
Input
$1.50
Output
$2.50
DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper on both — 11× input, 8.9× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
58%
Llama 4 Maverick uses 2.4x more lists
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
54%Vocabulary42%
17wSentence Length24w
0.52Hedging0.76
3.6Bold3.7
2.6Lists6.3
0.00Emoji0.00
0.41Headings0.74
0.19Transitions0.11
Based on 27 + 12 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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