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Llama 4 Maverick vs MiniMax M2-her

Llama 4 Maverick (Meta) and MiniMax M2-her (MiniMax) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 3 September 2026

As of 3 September 2026, MiniMax M2-her holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#89 vs #102); Llama 4 Maverick is 1.7× cheaper per output token ($0.696/1M vs $1.20/1M); and Llama 4 Maverick offers the longer context window (1M vs 66K tokens).

Which should you choose?

Choose Llama 4 Maverick if…

  • API cost matters — $0.696/1M output tokens against $1.20/1M, about 1.7× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.20/1M against $0.30/1M.
  • you need the longer context window — 1M tokens against 66K.
  • you want provider choice — 5 listed API providers against 1.

Choose MiniMax M2-her if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #89 against #102 (28.9 vs 24.6 points).
  • you want the more recently listed model — MiniMax M2-her was listed 23 January 2026, Llama 4 Maverick 5 April 2025.

Llama 4 Maverick vs MiniMax M2-her: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Llama 4 Maverick and MiniMax M2-her
FieldLlama 4 MaverickMetaMiniMax M2-herMiniMax
ModelCap Index position#102#89
Index score24.628.9
EvidenceMeasuredEstimated
Input price / 1M tokens$0.20$0.30
Output price / 1M tokens$0.696$1.20
Context window1M tokens66K tokens
Max output tokens115K2K
API providers listed51
Weight accessGated accessAPI only
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
First listed5 April 202523 January 2026
PublisherMetaMiniMax

Evidence: 4 public benchmark observations across 4 boards · publisher corpus prior · leave-one-anchor-out calibrated. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Llama 4 Maverick vs MiniMax M2-her

Public benchmark boards where Llama 4 Maverick or MiniMax M2-her has a published result
BoardLlama 4 MaverickMiniMax M2-herLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)13731365–1380—Only one result
ARC-AGI-2ARC Prize Foundation0.0%—Only one result
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis14.5intelligence-index—Only one result
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Artificial Analysis7.9%terminal-bench-2.1—Only one result
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis17.8%tau2-bench-telecom—Only one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis4.9%humanitys-last-exam—Only one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Llama 4 Maverick vs MiniMax M2-her: common questions

Is Llama 4 Maverick better than MiniMax M2-her?

MiniMax M2-her ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 3 September 2026: #89 against #102. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it.

Is Llama 4 Maverick cheaper than MiniMax M2-her?

Llama 4 Maverick is cheaper on output tokens: $0.696/1M against $1.20/1M. Input tokens are $0.20/1M for Llama 4 Maverick and $0.30/1M for MiniMax M2-her. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, Llama 4 Maverick or MiniMax M2-her?

Llama 4 Maverick has the larger context window: 1M tokens against 66K.

Which is better for coding, Llama 4 Maverick or MiniMax M2-her?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Llama 4 Maverick and MiniMax M2-her open-weight models?

Llama 4 Maverick: Gated access. MiniMax M2-her: API only. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Llama 4 Maverick and MiniMax M2-her?

ModelCap currently lists 5 API providers for Llama 4 Maverick and 1 for MiniMax M2-her, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Llama 4 Maverick vs MiniMax M2-her comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 3 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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