Llama 4 Maverick vs Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Compare Llama 4 Maverick by Meta AI against Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 262K, tested across 53 shared challenges. Updated May 2026.
Which is better, Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B?
Llama 4 Maverick and Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B are both competitive models. Llama 4 Maverick costs $1.5/M input tokens vs $0.6/M for Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B. Context windows: 1000K vs 262K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between Llama 4 Maverick and Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Llama 4 Maverick is made by meta while Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B is from qwen. Llama 4 Maverick has a 1000K token context window compared to Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B's 262K. On pricing, Llama 4 Maverick costs $1.5/M input tokens vs $0.6/M for Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B.
Per 1M tokens
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B wins input (2.5× cheaper)·Llama 4 Maverick wins output (1.4× cheaper)
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Style Comparison
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B uses 22.8x more emoji
