Llama 4 Maverick vs Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B
Compare Llama 4 Maverick by Meta AI against Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 262K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3BRunner-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
Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B
Input
$0.25
6.0× cheaper
Output
$2.00
1.3× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B is cheaper on both — 6.0× input, 1.3× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
66%
Llama 4 Maverick uses 1.9x more hedging
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B
42%Vocabulary51%
24wSentence Length15w
0.76Hedging0.39
3.7Bold6.8
6.3Lists4.8
0.00Emoji0.00
0.74Headings0.84
0.11Transitions0.14
Based on 12 + 23 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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