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Llama 4 Maverick vs Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct

Llama 4 Maverick (Meta) and Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct (Qwen) 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 17 August 2026

As of 17 August 2026, Llama 4 Maverick holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#92 vs #95); and Llama 4 Maverick offers the longer context window (1M vs 33K tokens).

Which should you choose?

Choose Llama 4 Maverick if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #92 against #95 (25.3 vs 23.7 points).
  • you need the longer context window — 1M tokens against 33K.
  • you want provider choice — 5 listed API providers against 0.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Llama 4 Maverick was listed 5 April 2025, Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct 6 November 2024.

Choose Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct if…

  • ModelCap publishes no field on which Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct leads Llama 4 Maverick for this pair.

Llama 4 Maverick vs Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Llama 4 Maverick and Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct
FieldLlama 4 MaverickMetaQwen2.5 Coder 3B InstructQwen
ModelCap Index position#92#95
Index score25.323.7
EvidenceMeasuredEstimated
Input price / 1M tokens$0.20Unlisted
Output price / 1M tokens$0.80Unlisted
Context window1M tokens33K tokens
Max output tokens16K—
API providers listed50
Weight accessGated accessRestricted license
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
First listed5 April 20256 November 2024
PublisherMetaQwen

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 Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct

Public benchmark boards where Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct has a published result
BoardLlama 4 MaverickQwen2.5 Coder 3B InstructLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)13731365–1380—Only one result
ARC-AGI-2ARC Prize Foundation0.0%—Only one result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis14.5intelligence-index—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 Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct: common questions

Is Llama 4 Maverick better than Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct?

Llama 4 Maverick ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 17 August 2026: #92 against #95. 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 Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct?

Llama 4 Maverick has the larger context window: 1M tokens against 33K.

Which is better for coding, Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct?

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 Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct open-weight models?

Llama 4 Maverick: Gated access. Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct: Restricted license. 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 Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct?

ModelCap currently lists 5 API providers for Llama 4 Maverick and 0 for Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct, 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 Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 17 August 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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