Llama 4 Maverick review, price and benchmarks (2026)

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Provider

Statuspublic

AA Intelligence Index14.3 (July 16, 2026 snapshot)

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Context windown/a

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API price $/1M (in / out)n/a

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AccessOpen weights · FREE fast inference on Groq

In one line

The larger Llama 4 - near-instant on Groq and fine for drafts, but the index is honest: it sits far below the 2026 open leaders.

Coding34

Reasoning30

Writing36

Agents & tools26

Category scores (0-100) are WhichAI blended ratings: public category leaderboards plus editorial judgment. Guidance, not official measurements.

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Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 2026 rebased scale (top models ≈ 55–60). Snapshot: July 24, 2026 (BenchLM mirror), retrieved July 26, 2026. Context, price and release data come from vendor pages and public pricing mirrors (retrieved July 19, 2026). Missing values are not published or not yet verified - shown as -. Sources are linked inside the app (Model guide and About > Methodology).