Llama 4 Maverick vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Compare Llama 4 Maverick by Meta AI against Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 66K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Llama 4 Maverick has the edge — bigger model tier, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Llama 4 Maverick
Input
$1.50
Output
$2.50
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Input
$0.15
10× cheaper
Output
$1.50
1.7× cheaper
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct is cheaper on both — 10× input, 1.7× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
42%
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct uses 58.9x more emoji
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
42%Vocabulary52%
24wSentence Length16w
0.76Hedging0.20
3.7Bold5.8
6.3Lists3.7
0.00Emoji0.59
0.74Headings0.96
0.11Transitions0.05
Based on 12 + 20 text responses
Research
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