Llama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct (128E) is a high-capacity multimodal language model from Meta, built on a mixture-of-experts (MoE) architecture with 128 experts and 17 billion active parameters per forward...
Model details →Meta: Llama 4 Maverick vs Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest
Meta: Llama 4 Maverick wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
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Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Meta: Llama 4 Maverick | Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 1.0M | 1M | 🏆 Meta: Llama 4 Maverick |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.20 | $5.00 | 🏆 Meta: Llama 4 Maverick |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.80 | $25.00 | 🏆 Meta: Llama 4 Maverick |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | Yes | 🏆 Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest |
Frequently asked questions
Is Meta: Llama 4 Maverick better than Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest?
Meta: Llama 4 Maverick wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Meta: Llama 4 Maverick and Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest?
Input: $0.20 vs $5.00 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.80 vs $25.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Meta: Llama 4 Maverick and Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest support?
Meta: Llama 4 Maverick supports up to 1.0M tokens. Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest supports up to 1M tokens.
Do both Meta: Llama 4 Maverick and Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest support tool calling?
Meta: Llama 4 Maverick: yes. Anthropic: Claude Opus Latest: yes.
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