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Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Llama 4 Maverick

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 14 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

N/A
No comparison
23.49/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Gemini 3.6 Flash unranked (Not scored); Llama 4 Maverick #191 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Gemini 3.6 Flash and Llama 4 Maverick share 14 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 5 results are unique to Gemini 3.6 Flash; 4 to Llama 4 Maverick.

Updated July 21, 2026
Shared results
14
Gemini 3.6 Flash only
5
Llama 4 Maverick only
4
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Llama 4 Maverick is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 14 shared benchmark results across 5 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.

Gemini 3.6 Flash is priced at $1.50 input / $7.50 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Llama 4 Maverick.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Llama 4 Maverick
CategoryGemini 3.6 FlashΔLlama 4 Maverick
AgenticGemini 3.6 Flash83.0MarginNo overlapLlama 4 MaverickNot measured
MathGemini 3.6 FlashNot measuredMarginNo overlapLlama 4 Maverick0.7

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricGemini 3.6 FlashLlama 4 MaverickComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGemini 3.6 Flash$1.5 input / $7.5 outputLlama 4 Maverick$0 input / $0 outputLlama 4 Maverick has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondGemini 3.6 FlashNot availableLlama 4 Maverick121 tok/sA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGemini 3.6 FlashNot availableLlama 4 Maverick0.95 sA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGemini 3.6 Flash1MLlama 4 Maverick1MListed context windows are equal.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLlama 4 MaverickResult
OSWorld-VerifiedSource 83%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 1421-16Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
AA Agentic IndexSource 38.7%1.3%Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
GDPval-AASource 46.1%0.0%Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
AA BriefcaseSource 961Not comparable
AA Tau3 BankingSource 24.5%Not comparable
aaTerminalBench21Source 77.5%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 17.8%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLlama 4 MaverickResult
deepSweSource 49%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 69.2%16.3%Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
AA-SciCodeSource 52.7%33.1%Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Reasoning
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLlama 4 MaverickResult
AA-LCRSource 69.7%46.0%Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
CritPtSource 10.6%0.0%Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLlama 4 MaverickResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 50.1%14.3%Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 92.8%67.1%Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
AA-HLESource 38.3%4.8%Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 23.5%-41.8%Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 50.2%24.3%Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 53.5%87.3%Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Math
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLlama 4 MaverickResult
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 0.690%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLlama 4 MaverickResult
AA-MMMU-ProSource 83.2%62.1%Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Design Arena WebsiteSource 901Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashLlama 4 MaverickResult
AA-IFBenchSource 43.0%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Gemini 3.6 Flash and Llama 4 Maverick on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.

Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?

BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.

What data is available for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Llama 4 Maverick today?

Gemini 3.6 Flash: $1.50 input / $7.50 output per 1M tokens Llama 4 Maverick: $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

Self-host vs API cost

Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.

Gemini 3.6 Flash
API / mo$6,750
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
Model the full break-even

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Last updated: July 21, 2026

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