Llama 4 Maverick vs Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking
Compare Llama 4 Maverick by Meta AI against Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 262K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Llama 4 Maverick
Input
$1.50
Output
$2.50
2.4× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking
Input
$1.20
1.3× cheaper
Output
$6.00
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking wins input (1.3× cheaper)·Llama 4 Maverick wins output (2.4× cheaper)
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
41%
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking uses 137.1x more emoji
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking
42%Vocabulary61%
24wSentence Length15w
0.76Hedging0.23
3.7Bold5.2
6.3Lists3.9
0.00Emoji1.37
0.74Headings1.22
0.11Transitions0.04
Based on 12 + 13 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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