Llama 4 Maverick vs Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Compare Llama 4 Maverick by Meta AI against Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 1.0M, tested across 37 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Llama 4 Maverick has the edge — bigger model tier, major provider backing.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Llama 4 Maverick
Input
$1.50
Output
$2.50
1.6× cheaper
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Input
$0.40
3.8× cheaper
Output
$4.00
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) wins input (3.8× cheaper)·Llama 4 Maverick wins output (1.6× cheaper)
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
52%
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) uses 34.0x more emoji
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
42%Vocabulary54%
24wSentence Length15w
0.76Hedging0.36
3.7Bold7.0
6.3Lists4.6
0.00Emoji0.34
0.74Headings0.94
0.11Transitions0.09
Based on 12 + 18 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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