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Llama 4 Maverick vs Llama 3 8B Instruct
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Winner summary
Llama 4 Maverick wins on 3/3 benchmarks
Llama 4 Maverick wins 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge · math.
Category leads
knowledge·Llama 4 Maverickmath·Llama 4 Maverick
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Llama 4 Maverick
#193 by perf·no signal
Llama 3 8B Instruct
#182 by perf·no signal
Best value
Llama 3 8B Instruct
11.8x better value than Llama 4 Maverick
Llama 4 Maverick
74.7 pts/$
$0.38/M
Llama 3 8B Instruct
880.0 pts/$
$0.04/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Meta AI
$1.50T·Tier 1
Meta AI
$1.50T·Tier 1
Head to head
3 benchmarks · 2 models
Llama 4 MaverickLlama 3 8B Instruct
GPQA diamond
Llama 4 Maverick leads by +54.5
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
Llama 4 Maverick
56.0
Llama 3 8B Instruct
1.4
MATH level 5
Llama 4 Maverick leads by +66.9
MATH Level 5 · the hardest tier of the MATH benchmark, featuring competition-level problems from AMC, AIME, and Olympiad-style mathematics.
Llama 4 Maverick
73.0
Llama 3 8B Instruct
6.1
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
Llama 4 Maverick leads by +19.8
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
Llama 4 Maverick
20.5
Llama 3 8B Instruct
0.7
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Maverick | Llama 3 8B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
GPQA diamond Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs. | 56.0 | 1.4 |
MATH level 5 MATH Level 5 · the hardest tier of the MATH benchmark, featuring competition-level problems from AMC, AIME, and Olympiad-style mathematics. | 73.0 | 6.1 |
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills. | 20.5 | 0.7 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 4 Maverick | $0.15 | $0.60 | 1.0M tokens (~524 books) | $2.62 |
| Llama 3 8B Instruct | $0.03 | $0.04 | 8K tokens (~4 books) | $0.33 |
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