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Llama 4 Maverick vs Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507

Llama 4 Maverick (Meta) and Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507 (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 18 August 2026

As of 18 August 2026, Llama 4 Maverick holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#92 vs #103); Llama 4 Maverick offers the longer context window (1M vs 262K tokens); and Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507 ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Llama 4 Maverick if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #92 against #103 (25.1 vs 23.5 points).
  • you need the longer context window — 1M tokens against 262K.
  • you want provider choice — 5 listed API providers against 0.

Choose Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507 if…

  • you want to self-host: Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507 ships open weights while Llama 4 Maverick is gated access.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507 was listed 5 August 2025, Llama 4 Maverick 5 April 2025.

Llama 4 Maverick vs Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Llama 4 Maverick and Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507
FieldLlama 4 MaverickMetaQwen3 4B Instruct 2507Qwen
ModelCap Index position#92#103
Index score25.123.5
EvidenceMeasuredEstimated
Input price / 1M tokens$0.20Unlisted
Output price / 1M tokens$0.80Unlisted
Context window1M tokens262K tokens
Max output tokens16K—
API providers listed50
Weight accessGated accessOpen weights
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
First listed5 April 20255 August 2025
PublisherMetaQwen

Evidence: 4 public benchmark observations across 4 boards · start rank interpolated from the launch card's own comparison table against resolved catalogue peers, discounted for measured cross-lab optimism. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Llama 4 Maverick vs Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507

Public benchmark boards where Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507 has a published result
BoardLlama 4 MaverickQwen3 4B Instruct 2507Leads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)13731365–1380—Only one result
ARC-AGI-2ARC Prize Foundation0.0%—Only one result
BFCL V4UC Berkeley (Gorilla)—35.7Function callingOnly 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 Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507: common questions

Is Llama 4 Maverick better than Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507?

Llama 4 Maverick ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 18 August 2026: #92 against #103. 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 4B Instruct 2507?

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 Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507?

Llama 4 Maverick has the larger context window: 1M tokens against 262K.

Which is better for coding, Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507?

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 4B Instruct 2507 open-weight models?

Llama 4 Maverick: Gated access. Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507: 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 4B Instruct 2507?

ModelCap currently lists 5 API providers for Llama 4 Maverick and 0 for Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507, 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 4B Instruct 2507 comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 18 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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