Gemma 4 E2B vs Llama 4 Maverick

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

Agentic
Coding
Multimodal & Grounded
Reasoning
Knowledge
Instruction Following
Multilingual
Mathematics

Gemma 4 E2B· Llama 4 Maverick

Quick Verdict

Treat this as a split decision. Gemma 4 E2B makes more sense if coding is the priority or you want the stronger reasoning-first profile; Llama 4 Maverick is the better fit if reasoning is the priority or you need the larger 1M context window.

Gemma 4 E2B and Llama 4 Maverick finish on the same overall score, so this is less about a single winner and more about where the edge shows up. The headline says tie; the benchmark table is where the real choice happens.

Gemma 4 E2B is the reasoning model in the pair, while Llama 4 Maverick is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. Llama 4 Maverick gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 128K for Gemma 4 E2B.

Operational tradeoffs

ProviderGoogleMeta
PriceFree*Free*
SpeedN/A121 t/s
TTFTN/A0.95s
Context128K1M

Decision framing

BenchLM keeps the benchmark table and the operator tradeoffs on the same page so a better score does not hide a materially slower, pricier, or smaller-context model.

Runtime metrics show N/A when BenchLM does not have a sourced snapshot for that exact model. The scoring rules and freshness policy are documented on the methodology page.

BenchmarkGemma 4 E2BLlama 4 Maverick
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.037%
BrowseComp51%
OSWorld-Verified38%
CodingGemma 4 E2B wins
LiveCodeBench44%15%
HumanEval38%
SWE-bench Verified13%
SWE-bench Pro17%
Multimodal & GroundedLlama 4 Maverick wins
MMMU-Pro44.2%59%
OfficeQA Pro54%
ReasoningLlama 4 Maverick wins
BBH21.9%63%
MRCRv219.1%63%
MuSR42%
LongBench v263%
KnowledgeGemma 4 E2B wins
GPQA43.4%45%
MMLU-Pro60%53%
MMLU46%
SuperGPQA43%
HLE4%
FrontierScience45%
SimpleQA44%
Instruction Following
IFEval68%
Multilingual
MGSM63%
MMLU-ProX58%
Mathematics
AIME 202346%
AIME 202448%
AIME 202547%
HMMT Feb 202342%
HMMT Feb 202444%
HMMT Feb 202543%
BRUMO 202545%
MATH-50059%
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

Which is better, Gemma 4 E2B or Llama 4 Maverick?

Gemma 4 E2B and Llama 4 Maverick are tied on overall score, so the right pick depends on which category matters most for your use case.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemma 4 E2B or Llama 4 Maverick?

Gemma 4 E2B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 54.1 versus 37. Inside this category, MMLU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Gemma 4 E2B or Llama 4 Maverick?

Gemma 4 E2B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 44 versus 15.3. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Gemma 4 E2B or Llama 4 Maverick?

Llama 4 Maverick has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 57.4 versus 19.1. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Gemma 4 E2B or Llama 4 Maverick?

Llama 4 Maverick has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 56.8 versus 44.2. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 2, 2026

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