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Updated Aug 2026

Llama 4 MaverickvsQwen3.8 Flash

Qwen3.8 Flash is cheaper than Llama 4 Maverick at $0.15/M vs $1.5/M input tokens.

Llama 4 Maverick and Qwen3.8 Flash compared across 8 shared prompts
SpecLlama 4 MaverickQwen3.8 Flash
Input price$1.5/M tokens$0.15/M tokens
Output price$2.5/M tokens$0.47/M tokens
Context window1.0M tokens1.0M tokens
WeightsOpenClosed
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedApr 2025Aug 2026
Side by side

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Opening lines from 3 of the 8 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Beginner's Longevity Plan

Outline a simple, actionable 1-month plan for someone starting their journey towards better health and longevity. Focus on 3 key areas…

Llama 4 Maverick488 words
Here's a simple, actionable 1-month plan to kickstart your journey towards better health and longevity, focusing on three key areas: diet, exercise, and stress management. Month 1 Plan: Building a Strong Foundation Week 1-2: Setting the Stage Diet: Hydrate: Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day.
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Qwen3.8 Flash368 words
1-Month Beginner Health & Longevity Plan Focus areas: Nutrition, Movement, Sleep Week 1: Build the basics Nutrition Add 1 serving of vegetables to 2 meals per day. Drink water with each meal. Choose protein at most meals: eggs, beans, tofu, chicken, fish, yogurt. Movement Walk 10–15 minutes daily.
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Simple 7-Ingredient Recipe

Create a simple recipe for a delicious dish (sweet or savory) using only 7 common pantry ingredients. Include a creative name for the dish…

Llama 4 Maverick210 words
Here's a simple recipe for a delicious sweet dish using only 7 common pantry ingredients: Recipe: "Golden Honey Crunch Bites" Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 15 minutes Total Time: 25 minutes Ingredients: 1 cup rolled oats 1/2 cup peanut butter 1/4 cup honey 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon vanilla…
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Qwen3.8 Flash147 words
Moon Halo Cookies A soft, golden sugar cookie with crisp edges and a tender center—made with just 7 pantry staples. Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 10 minutes Total time: 20 minutes Makes: About 16 cookies Ingredients 1/2 cup butter, softened 3/4 cup sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour…
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Explain Like I'm a Specific Expert

Explain how a large language model (like GPT or Claude) learns and generates text to each of these three audiences: 1. **An experienced…

Llama 4 Maverick916 words
For the Experienced Software Engineer Large language models like GPT or Claude are built on a simple yet powerful idea: predicting the next word in a sequence. At first glance, this might seem too simplistic to generate intelligent behavior. However, the key lies in the scale and complexity of the models.
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Qwen3.8 Flash983 words
For an experienced software engineer Training a large language model is not “just” making it guess the next word in isolation. It is fitting an enormous parameterized function to predict the next token conditioned on all previous tokens in a sequence.
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Our Verdict
Llama 4 Maverick
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen3.8 Flash
Qwen3.8 FlashRunner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Llama 4 Maverick has the edge: bigger model tier, major provider backing.

Qwen3.8 Flash costs 5.3x less per token.

Too close to call
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Llama 4 Maverick
Input
$1.50
Output
$2.50
Qwen3.8 Flash
Input
$0.15
10× cheaper
Output
$0.47
5.3× cheaper

Qwen3.8 Flash is cheaper on both: 10× input, 5.3× output.

Where to run it

6 hosts, cheapest first

Llama 4 Maverick5 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
DDigitalOcean$0.19 in·$0.65 out·128k·99.8% upDDeepInfrafp8$0.20 in·$0.80 out·1M·99.8% upNNovitafp8$0.27 in·$0.85 out·1M·99.8% upPParasailfp8$0.35 in·$1.00 out·524k·100% upGoogle Vertex AI$0.35 in·$1.15 out·524k—
Qwen3.8 Flash1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
Alibaba Cloud$0.15 in·$0.47 out·1M·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 23 Sep 2026.

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Llama 4 Maverick is developed by Meta AI while Qwen3.8 Flash is developed by Qwen. Llama 4 Maverick has a 1.0M token context window vs Qwen3.8 Flash's 1.0M. You can compare their actual outputs across 8 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. Llama 4 Maverick and Qwen3.8 Flash each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 8 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

Llama 4 Maverick costs $1.5/M input tokens and Qwen3.8 Flash costs $0.15/M input tokens. Qwen3.8 Flash is $1.35/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

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