Coding work
Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks
Not enough matched evidence
Llama 4 Maverick is scored on Estimated evidence for coding, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like.
Confidence: limited
Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Llama 4 Maverick
Updated October 2, 2026. Rank says Gemini 3.5 Flash is ahead. Price, access, and your workload can each overturn that. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty.
Both of these models will change. Get the price, version and retirement notices for the pair, each with its source. Follow model changes
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Decision reading
Gemini 3.5 Flash has the higher public score, 63.95 versus 23.59, and the 90% score intervals do not overlap. 1 results are shared. Category rows resting on Estimated evidence or different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.
- Shared results
- 1
- Gemini 3.5 Flash only
- 26
- Llama 4 Maverick only
- 0
- Like-for-like categories
- 0 / 8
Supported: Gemini 3.5 Flash and Llama 4 MaverickHow the comparison works
Which one for your work
Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.
No workload recommendation clears the current evidence threshold.
Use the matched evidence, workload costs, and sourced specifications below instead of treating a point score as a universal answer.
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Agentic work
Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion
Not enough matched evidence
Llama 4 Maverick is scored on Estimated evidence for agentic, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like.
Confidence: limitedLong documents
Prompts that approach the documented context limit
No clear pick
The documented context windows are equal.
Confidence: documentedChat turn cost
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Confidence: listed-ratesCache-heavy agent loop cost
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Confidence: listed-ratesRepository review cost
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Confidence: listed-rates
Which one for a specific job
Choose a job from the LLM Selector's task catalog to see the category row it rests on, under the same basis rules as the table below. A directional row stays directional; choosing a job never creates a winner.
The same task catalog as the LLM Selector. Each job names the evidence surface it rests on; nothing here adds a new score.
52.3Gemini 3.5 Flash17.6Llama 4 Maverick
Directional only · BenchAlign v5.8
Gemini 3.5 Flash has the higher coding point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
Coding scores combine specific tasks and setups. Match the editor, harness, and effort to your workflow.
Same basis rules as the category table below
What is actually comparable
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.
26 Gemini 3.5 Flash only
1 Shared
4 categories rest on Estimated evidence or different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.
Shape of the matched evidence
Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.
Too few matched category axes support a radar. The ruled list below shows only shared benchmark results; positions use each benchmark’s normalized display scale when available.
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Math
Normalized gap 38.3Gemini 3.5 Flash:38.966%Llama 4 Maverick:0.690%
Bars run 0–100 on each benchmark’s normalized display scale
Category results, on a stated basis
Each row shows the public-lane category score for both models: the BenchAlign v5.8 lane for agentic, coding, and knowledge, and the weighted public rows elsewhere, with the same rank each model page reports. A row is like-for-like only when both scores rest on Supported evidence or the same weighted set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner.
Agentic
Directional only- Gemini 3.5 Flash
- 50.7
- Supported · #42/119
- Llama 4 Maverick
- 11.2
- Estimated · #110/119
- Basis
- BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 8 vs 0 public rows
- Reading
- Directional only
Coding
Directional only- Gemini 3.5 Flash
- 52.3
- Supported · #39/144
- Llama 4 Maverick
- 17.6
- Estimated · #127/144
- Basis
- BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 7 vs 0 public rows
- Reading
- Directional only
Knowledge
Directional only- Gemini 3.5 Flash
- 64.0
- Supported · #30/171
- Llama 4 Maverick
- 30.9
- Estimated · #132/171
- Basis
- BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 4 vs 0 public rows
- Reading
- Directional only
Instruction following
Directional only- Gemini 3.5 Flash
- 84.1
- #43/125
- Llama 4 Maverick
- 48.9
- #83/125
- Basis
- Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
- Reading
- Directional only
Reasoning
Not comparable- Gemini 3.5 Flash
- 62.8
- #20/27
- Llama 4 Maverick
- 56.6
- Unranked · 2 rankable rows
- Basis
- Provisional lane · 2 vs 0 weighted rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Multimodal
Not comparable- Gemini 3.5 Flash
- 87.8
- #6/49
- Llama 4 Maverick
- 52.6
- Unranked · 1 rankable row
- Basis
- Provisional lane · 2 vs 0 weighted rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Multilingual
Not comparable- Gemini 3.5 Flash
- Not ranked
- Llama 4 Maverick
- Not ranked
- Basis
- Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Math
Not comparable- Gemini 3.5 Flash
- 55.1
- Unranked · 2 rankable rows
- Llama 4 Maverick
- 25.1
- Unranked · 1 rankable row
- Basis
- Provisional lane · 2 vs 1 weighted rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
| Category | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Llama 4 Maverick | Basis | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic | 50.7Supported · #42/119 | 11.2Estimated · #110/119 | Directional onlyBenchAlign v5.8 lane · 8 vs 0 public rows | Directional only |
| Coding | 52.3Supported · #39/144 | 17.6Estimated · #127/144 | Directional onlyBenchAlign v5.8 lane · 7 vs 0 public rows | Directional only |
| Knowledge | 64.0Supported · #30/171 | 30.9Estimated · #132/171 | Directional onlyBenchAlign v5.8 lane · 4 vs 0 public rows | Directional only |
| Instruction following | 84.1#43/125 | 48.9#83/125 | Directional onlyProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Directional only |
| Reasoning | 62.8#20/27 | 56.6Unranked · 2 rankable rows | Not comparableProvisional lane · 2 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Multimodal | 87.8#6/49 | 52.6Unranked · 1 rankable row | Not comparableProvisional lane · 2 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Multilingual | Not ranked | Not ranked | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Math | 55.1Unranked · 2 rankable rows | 25.1Unranked · 1 rankable row | Not comparableProvisional lane · 2 vs 1 weighted rows | Not comparable |
Ranks count the models scored in each category’s lane, so the agentic, coding, and knowledge denominators (BenchAlign v5.8) differ from the provisional-lane categories. Unranked scores sit on the provisional lane’s scale but never name a winner. Like-for-like rows within 0.5 points read as a practical tie.
Supported evidence per lane · bars run 0–100Methodology
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.
Chat turn
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
- Gemini 3.5 Flash
- $0.006
- Fits in one request
- Llama 4 Maverick
- Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
- Fits in one request
Llama 4 Maverick has no comparable published API token rate.
Repository review
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
- Gemini 3.5 Flash
- $0.102
- Fits in one request
- Llama 4 Maverick
- Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
- Fits in one request
Llama 4 Maverick has no comparable published API token rate.
Cache-heavy agent loop
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
- Gemini 3.5 Flash
- $0.15
- Fits in one request
- Llama 4 Maverick
- Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
- Fits in one request
- Cached-input rate unavailable
Llama 4 Maverick has no comparable published API token rate.
Cached input falls back to the list input rate only where a cached rate is unpublished
Specification differences
Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.
SpecificationGemini 3.5 FlashLlama 4 Maverick
Context window
Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
1M
API model ID
Gemini 3.5 Flash
gemini-3.5-flash
Google Gemini API pricingLlama 4 Maverick
Not sourced
Cached-input rate
A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.
Gemini 3.5 Flash
$0.15 per 1M cached input tokens
Google Gemini API pricingLlama 4 Maverick
No comparable hosted API rate
Documented inputs
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Not sourced
Llama 4 Maverick
Not sourced
Documented outputs
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Not sourced
Llama 4 Maverick
Not sourced
Provider availability
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Not sourced
Llama 4 Maverick
Not sourced
Reasoning profile
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Reasoning
Llama 4 Maverick
Non-Reasoning
Weight access
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Proprietary
Llama 4 Maverick
Open Weight
License
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Proprietary
Llama 4 Maverick
Open Weight
Release date
Gemini 3.5 Flash
2026-05-19
Llama 4 Maverick
2026-02-28
If you already use one of these models
- Deployment change
- The models list different providers, so authentication, endpoint behavior, limits, and feature support may change.
- Quality signal
- Gemini 3.5 Flash has the higher public score, 63.95 versus 23.59, and the 90% score intervals do not overlap.
- Workload cost
- A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
- Context tradeoff
- Both models list 1M.
Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.
Questions
Which is better, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Llama 4 Maverick?
Gemini 3.5 Flash has the higher public score, 63.95 versus 23.59, and the 90% score intervals do not overlap. That is the clearest overall quality signal in the current public data.
Which is better for coding, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Llama 4 Maverick?
Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher for coding on the public lane, 52.3 to 17.6. Llama 4 Maverick is scored on Estimated evidence for coding, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like. BenchLM does not name a winner for coding from a directional reading; read the shared benchmark rows directly and test the models on the same task set.
Which is better for agentic tasks, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Llama 4 Maverick?
Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher for agentic tasks on the public lane, 50.7 to 11.2. Llama 4 Maverick is scored on Estimated evidence for agentic tasks, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like. BenchLM does not name a winner for agentic tasks from a directional reading; read the shared benchmark rows directly and test the models on the same task set.
Which costs less, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Llama 4 Maverick?
Both models do not have comparable published API token rates, so this page does not name a universal price winner.
Which has the larger context window, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Llama 4 Maverick?
Both models list the same context window, 1M.
Self-host vs API cost
Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.
Gemini 3.5 Flash
API / mo$7,875
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even—
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Llama 4 Maverick
API / mo$0
Self-host / mo$2,610
Break-even—
Benchmark evidence
The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.
Browse raw public benchmark evidence27 rows
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.1
Gemini 3.5 Flash76.2%SourceLlama 4 Maverick—Not directly comparable
MCP Atlas
Gemini 3.5 Flash83.6%SourceLlama 4 Maverick—Not directly comparable
Toolathlon
Gemini 3.5 Flash56.5%SourceLlama 4 Maverick—Not directly comparable
OSWorld-Verified
Gemini 3.5 Flash78.4%SourceLlama 4 Maverick—Not directly comparable
Finance Agent v2
Gemini 3.5 Flash57.9%SourceLlama 4 Maverick—Not directly comparable
Gert Labs
Gemini 3.5 Flash61.85%SourceLlama 4 Maverick—Not directly comparable
ResearchClawBench
Gemini 3.5 Flash18.0%SourceLlama 4 Maverick—Not directly comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals)
Gemini 3.5 Flash74.2%SourceLlama 4 Maverick—Not directly comparable
Coding
Terminal-Bench 2.1
Gemini 3.5 Flash76.2%SourceLlama 4 Maverick—Not directly comparable
SWE-bench Pro
Gemini 3.5 Flash55.1%SourceLlama 4 Maverick—Not directly comparable
Vibe Code Bench
Gemini 3.5 Flash48.68%SourceLlama 4 Maverick—Not directly comparable
cursorBench31
Gemini 3.5 Flash49.8%SourceLlama 4 Maverick—Not directly comparable
CursorBench 3.2
Gemini 3.5 Flash48.8%SourceLlama 4 Maverick—Not directly comparable
LiveCodeBench (Vals)
Gemini 3.5 Flash87.6%SourceLlama 4 Maverick—Not directly comparable
SWE-bench (Vals)
Gemini 3.5 Flash78.8%SourceLlama 4 Maverick—Not directly comparable
Reasoning
Multimodal
Knowledge
GPQA-D
Gemini 3.5 Flash92.7%SourceLlama 4 Maverick—Not directly comparable
HLE
Gemini 3.5 Flash40.2%SourceLlama 4 Maverick—Not directly comparable
GPQA Diamond (Vals)
Gemini 3.5 Flash92.7%SourceLlama 4 Maverick—Not directly comparable
MMLU-Pro (Vals)
Gemini 3.5 Flash89.5%SourceLlama 4 Maverick—Not directly comparable
Math
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)
Shared sourceGemini 3.5 Flash38.966%Llama 4 Maverick0.690%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads this result
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)
Gemini 3.5 Flash14.583%SourceLlama 4 Maverick—Not directly comparable
27 public results · 1 shared
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Last updated October 2, 2026