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Llama 4 Maverick vs DeepSeek V4 Flash

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Winner summary

DeepSeek V4 Flash wins 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. Leads in speed.

Category leads
speed·DeepSeek V4 Flash
Hype vs Reality
Llama 4 Maverick
#230 by perf·no signal
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DeepSeek V4 Flash
#31 by perf·no signal
QUIET
Best value
7.1x better value than Llama 4 Maverick
Llama 4 Maverick
74.7 pts/$
$0.38/M
DeepSeek V4 Flash
533.3 pts/$
$0.13/M
Vendor risk
One or more vendors flagged
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Meta AI
$1.50T·Tier 1
Low risk
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DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Higher risk
Head to head
Llama 4 MaverickDeepSeek V4 Flash
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index
DeepSeek V4 Flash leads by +29.8
Artificial Analysis Agentic Index · a composite score measuring how well a model performs in agentic workflows · multi-step tool use, planning, error recovery, and autonomous task completion. Aggregates results from multiple agentic benchmarks including SWE-bench, tool-use tests, and planning evaluations. The canonical single-number metric for "how good is this model as an agent?"
Llama 4 Maverick
1.3
DeepSeek V4 Flash
31.1
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index
DeepSeek V4 Flash leads by +39.9
Artificial Analysis Coding Index · a composite score that aggregates performance across multiple coding benchmarks into a single index. Tracks code generation quality, debugging ability, multi-language competence, and real-world software engineering tasks. Used by Artificial Analysis to rank model coding capability in a normalized, comparable format. Useful for developers choosing between models for coding-heavy workloads.
Llama 4 Maverick
16.3
DeepSeek V4 Flash
56.2
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
DeepSeek V4 Flash leads by +26.0
Llama 4 Maverick
14.3
DeepSeek V4 Flash
40.3
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickDeepSeek V4 Flash
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index
Artificial Analysis Agentic Index · a composite score measuring how well a model performs in agentic workflows · multi-step tool use, planning, error recovery, and autonomous task completion. Aggregates results from multiple agentic benchmarks including SWE-bench, tool-use tests, and planning evaluations. The canonical single-number metric for "how good is this model as an agent?"
1.331.1
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index
Artificial Analysis Coding Index · a composite score that aggregates performance across multiple coding benchmarks into a single index. Tracks code generation quality, debugging ability, multi-language competence, and real-world software engineering tasks. Used by Artificial Analysis to rank model coding capability in a normalized, comparable format. Useful for developers choosing between models for coding-heavy workloads.
16.356.2
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
14.340.3
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
Meta logoLlama 4 Maverick$0.15$0.601.0M tokens (~524 books)$2.62
DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V4 Flash$0.08$0.171.0M tokens (~524 books)$1.05