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Llama 4 Scout vs Llama 4 Maverick

What changes when you move between the Llama 4 expert configurations?

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This page compares the older editions named in its title. For current GPT-6, Claude 5.5 and Gemini 3.8 comparisons, open the current comparison library. The historical model identities are preserved for migration and reproducibility.

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Llama 4 Scout↗

An open-weight mixture-of-experts model with text and image inputs.

Access type
Open weights
License / terms
other

Published context limits depend on runtime support and available KV memory. Confirm the accepted image formats and license conditions.

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Llama 4 Maverick↗

A multimodal mixture-of-experts model in the Llama 4 family.

Access type
Open weights
License / terms
other

Its total expert weights differ from Scout even though the active-parameter label is similar. Review deployment and license requirements.

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The decision to test

Keep total experts, active weights and effective runtime context separate. Test long-context memory pressure and image preprocessing before choosing a model from its family description.

Three criteria for this comparison

  1. Total deployment memory and supported context
  2. Accuracy on the same image and text inputs
  3. License requirements and serving support

Run a fair comparison

Use the same representative inputs and a written answer rubric. Pin the model version and record the endpoint, thinking configuration, quantization when known, context length, output allowance and concurrency. Preserve native request differences in an adapter rather than silently dropping fields.

Measure full request time, error rate and reported usage. For tools, validate arguments and score the result after execution. For images, preserve resolution and preprocessing. A valid response format alone does not establish a correct answer.

Compare cost per accepted result

Calculate input cost plus all billed output, including reasoning where the provider counts it. Add retries and discarded answers. Divide the total by the number of results that pass your quality criteria. Keep API usage cost separate from deployment and engineering cost.

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Compare cost per accepted task.

Enter results from your own evaluation. A task should count once it meets your written quality criteria. Include failed attempts and retries in total spend. These inputs stay in this browser and are not a Flonno benchmark.

Llama 4 Scout
Llama 4 Maverick
Llama 4 Scout

Enter all four values. Attempted tasks must be at least one; accepted tasks cannot exceed attempted tasks.

Llama 4 Maverick

Enter all four values. Attempted tasks must be at least one; accepted tasks cannot exceed attempted tasks.

Turn evidence into a deployment decision

A source benchmark can inform your shortlist, while your evaluation shows whether a model finishes the work at an acceptable cost. Keep the chosen endpoint, processing terms and output limits in the decision record. Inclusion in the Radar does not mean the model is served by Flonno.

For the API currently offered here, explore Qwen3.8 Flash 27B and the production evaluation guide.

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