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Llama 4 Maverick vs Qwen3 14B

Llama 4 Maverick (Meta) and Qwen3 14B (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 3 September 2026

As of 3 September 2026, Llama 4 Maverick holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#102 vs #105); Llama 4 Maverick is 1.3× cheaper per output token ($0.696/1M vs $0.91/1M); Llama 4 Maverick offers the longer context window (1M vs 131K tokens); and Qwen3 14B ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Llama 4 Maverick if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #102 against #105 (24.6 vs 24.4 points).
  • API cost matters — $0.696/1M output tokens against $0.91/1M, about 1.3× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.20/1M against $0.227/1M.
  • you need the longer context window — 1M tokens against 131K.
  • you want provider choice — 5 listed API providers against 3.

Choose Qwen3 14B if…

  • you want to self-host: Qwen3 14B ships open weights while Llama 4 Maverick is gated access.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Qwen3 14B was listed 28 April 2025, Llama 4 Maverick 5 April 2025.

Llama 4 Maverick vs Qwen3 14B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Llama 4 Maverick and Qwen3 14B
FieldLlama 4 MaverickMetaQwen3 14BQwen
ModelCap Index position#102#105
Index score24.624.4
EvidenceMeasuredEstimated
Input price / 1M tokens$0.20$0.227
Output price / 1M tokens$0.696$0.91
Context window1M tokens131K tokens
Max output tokens115K8K
API providers listed53
Weight accessGated accessOpen weights
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
First listed5 April 202528 April 2025
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 Qwen3 14B

Public benchmark boards where Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen3 14B has a published result
BoardLlama 4 MaverickQwen3 14BLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)13731365–1380—Only one result
ARC-AGI-2ARC Prize Foundation0.0%—Only one result
BFCL V4UC Berkeley (Gorilla)—41.0Function callingOnly 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 Qwen3 14B: common questions

Is Llama 4 Maverick better than Qwen3 14B?

Llama 4 Maverick ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 3 September 2026: #102 against #105. 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 Qwen3 14B?

Llama 4 Maverick is cheaper on output tokens: $0.696/1M against $0.91/1M. Input tokens are $0.20/1M for Llama 4 Maverick and $0.227/1M for Qwen3 14B. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen3 14B?

Llama 4 Maverick has the larger context window: 1M tokens against 131K.

Which is better for coding, Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen3 14B?

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 Qwen3 14B open-weight models?

Llama 4 Maverick: Gated access. Qwen3 14B: Open weights. 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 Qwen3 14B?

ModelCap currently lists 5 API providers for Llama 4 Maverick and 3 for Qwen3 14B, 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 Qwen3 14B 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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