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Llama 4 Maverick vs TCAndon Router

Llama 4 Maverick (Meta) and TCAndon Router (Tencent) 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 10 September 2026

As of 10 September 2026, TCAndon Router holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#137 vs #140); and TCAndon Router ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Llama 4 Maverick if…

  • you want provider choice — 5 listed API providers against 0.

Choose TCAndon Router if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #137 against #140 (30.5 vs 29.0 points).
  • you want to self-host: TCAndon Router ships open weights while Llama 4 Maverick is gated access.
  • you want the more recently listed model — TCAndon Router was listed 7 January 2026, Llama 4 Maverick 5 April 2025.

Llama 4 Maverick vs TCAndon Router: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Llama 4 Maverick and TCAndon Router
FieldLlama 4 MaverickMetaTCAndon RouterTencent
ModelCap Index position#140#137
Index score29.030.5
EvidenceMeasuredInherited
Input price / 1M tokens$0.20Unlisted
Output price / 1M tokens$0.696Unlisted
Context window1M tokens— tokens
Max output tokens115K—
API providers listed50
Weight accessGated accessOpen weights
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
First listed5 April 20257 January 2026
PublisherMetaTencent

Evidence: 4 public benchmark observations across 4 boards · finetune of Qwen/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507 · finetune (100%). Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Llama 4 Maverick vs TCAndon Router

Public benchmark boards where Llama 4 Maverick or TCAndon Router has a published result
BoardLlama 4 MaverickTCAndon RouterLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)13731365–1380—Only one result
ARC-AGI-2ARC Prize Foundation0.0%—Only one result
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis9.3intelligence-index:v4.3:non-reasoning—Only one result
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Artificial Analysis7.9%terminal-bench:2.1:terminus-2:e2b:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Llama 4 Maverick":reasoning=false—Only one result
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis17.8%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Llama 4 Maverick":reasoning=false—Only one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis4.9%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Llama 4 Maverick":reasoning=false—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 TCAndon Router: common questions

Is Llama 4 Maverick better than TCAndon Router?

TCAndon Router ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 10 September 2026: #137 against #140. 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. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is Llama 4 Maverick cheaper than TCAndon Router?

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 TCAndon Router?

Both publish a 1M-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Llama 4 Maverick or TCAndon Router?

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 TCAndon Router open-weight models?

Llama 4 Maverick: Gated access. TCAndon Router: 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 TCAndon Router?

ModelCap currently lists 5 API providers for Llama 4 Maverick and 0 for TCAndon Router, 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 TCAndon Router comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 10 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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