Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking) vs Llama 4 Maverick
Compare Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking) by Google AI against Llama 4 Maverick by Meta AI, context windows of 1.0M vs 1.0M, tested across 20 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Llama 4 Maverick
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking)Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Llama 4 Maverick has the edge — bigger model tier.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking)
Input
$0.17
8.6× cheaper
Output
$3.50
Llama 4 Maverick
Input
$1.50
Output
$2.50
1.4× cheaper
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking) wins input (8.6× cheaper)·Llama 4 Maverick wins output (1.4× cheaper)
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
43%
Llama 4 Maverick uses 73.9x more headings
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking)
Llama 4 Maverick
53%Vocabulary42%
14wSentence Length24w
0.38Hedging0.76
4.4Bold3.7
4.1Lists6.3
0.00Emoji0.00
0.00Headings0.74
0.24Transitions0.11
Based on 7 + 12 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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