Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview vs Llama 4 Maverick
Compare Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview by Google AI against Llama 4 Maverick by Meta AI, context windows of 1.0M vs 1.0M, tested across 26 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Llama 4 Maverick
Gemini 2.5 Flash PreviewRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Llama 4 Maverick has the edge — bigger model tier.
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview is 4.2x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview
Input
$0.15
10× cheaper
Output
$0.60
4.2× cheaper
Llama 4 Maverick
Input
$1.50
Output
$2.50
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview is cheaper on both — 10× input, 4.2× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
56%
Llama 4 Maverick uses 8.4x more headings
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview
Llama 4 Maverick
51%Vocabulary42%
15wSentence Length24w
0.70Hedging0.76
4.1Bold3.7
3.3Lists6.3
0.00Emoji0.00
0.09Headings0.74
0.24Transitions0.11
Based on 12 + 12 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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