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Updated Mar 2026

Grok 4.20 BetavsLlama 4 Maverick

Llama 4 Maverick is cheaper than Grok 4.20 Beta at $1.5/M vs $2/M input tokens.

Grok 4.20 Beta and Llama 4 Maverick compared across 53 shared prompts
SpecGrok 4.20 BetaLlama 4 Maverick
Input price$2/M tokens$1.5/M tokens
Output price$6/M tokens$2.5/M tokens
Context window2.0M tokens1.0M tokens
WeightsClosedOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedMar 2026Apr 2025
Our Verdict
Grok 4.20 Beta
Grok 4.20 Beta
Llama 4 Maverick
Llama 4 MaverickRunner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Grok 4.20 Beta has the edge: newer, bigger context window.

Too close to call

Reviewing agent-written code?See a Brief PR report

API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Grok 4.20 Beta
Input
$2.00
Output
$6.00
Llama 4 Maverick
Input
$1.50
1.3× cheaper
Output
$2.50
2.4× cheaper

Llama 4 Maverick is cheaper on both: 1.3× input, 2.4× output.

Where to run it

6 hosts, cheapest first

Grok 4.20 Beta1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
xAI$1.25 in·$2.50 out·2M·99.5% up
Llama 4 Maverick5 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
DDigitalOcean$0.20 in·$0.70 out·128k·99.8% upDDeepInfrafp8$0.20 in·$0.80 out·1M·99.8% upNNovitafp8$0.27 in·$0.85 out·1M·99.7% upPParasailfp8$0.35 in·$1.00 out·524k·99.9% upGoogle Vertex AI$0.35 in·$1.15 out·524k—

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 11 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
72%

Llama 4 Maverick uses 1.8x more hedging

Grok 4.20 Beta
Llama 4 Maverick
57%Vocabulary49%
20wSentence Length20w
0.35Hedging0.63
4.2Bold2.8
3.7Lists3.8
0.00Emoji0.00
0.62Headings0.65
0.14Transitions0.09
Based on 23 + 26 text responses
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