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Grok 4.20 vs Llama 4 Maverick

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 1 shared benchmark result across 1 category. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

53.88/100
Margin
31.2pts
← winning
22.7/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Grok 4.20 #93 (Estimated); Llama 4 Maverick #201 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Grok 4.20 and Llama 4 Maverick share 1 comparable benchmark result. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 18 results are unique to Grok 4.20; 17 to Llama 4 Maverick.

Updated July 28, 2026
Shared results
1
Grok 4.20 only
18
Llama 4 Maverick only
17
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Grok 4.20 and Llama 4 Maverick is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 1 shared benchmark result across 1 evidence category; 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.

Grok 4.20 is priced at $2.00 input / $6.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Llama 4 Maverick. Grok 4.20 has the larger context window at 2M, compared with 1M 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 Grok 4.20 and Llama 4 Maverick
CategoryGrok 4.20ΔLlama 4 Maverick
AgenticGrok 4.2047.1MarginNo overlapLlama 4 MaverickNot measured
CodingGrok 4.2067.1MarginNo overlapLlama 4 MaverickNot measured
ReasoningGrok 4.2053.3MarginNo overlapLlama 4 MaverickNot measured
MathGrok 4.20Not measuredMarginNo overlapLlama 4 Maverick0.7
MultimodalGrok 4.2070.1MarginNo overlapLlama 4 MaverickNot measured

Operational comparison

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

MetricGrok 4.20Llama 4 MaverickComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGrok 4.20$2 input / $6 outputLlama 4 Maverick$0 input / $0 outputLlama 4 Maverick has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondGrok 4.20233 tok/sLlama 4 Maverick121 tok/sGrok 4.20 has the higher measured throughput.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGrok 4.2010.33 sLlama 4 Maverick0.95 sLlama 4 Maverick reaches the first token sooner.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGrok 4.202MLlama 4 Maverick1MGrok 4.20 lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkGrok 4.20Llama 4 MaverickResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 47.1%Not comparable
DeepSearchQASource 62.8%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 38.36%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 1.3%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 17.8%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 0.0%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 7Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkGrok 4.20Llama 4 MaverickResult
LiveCodeBench ProSource 74.2%Not comparable
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 76.7%Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 51.8%Not comparable
Vibe Code BenchSource 4.06%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 16.3%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 33.1%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkGrok 4.20Llama 4 MaverickResult
ARC-AGI-2Source 53.3%Not comparable
ARC-AGI-3Source 0.1%Not comparable
AA-LCRSource 46.0%Not comparable
CritPtSource 0.0%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkGrok 4.20Llama 4 MaverickResult
GPQA-DSource 88.5%Not comparable
HLE w/o toolsSource 31.6%Not comparable
HealthBench HardSource 20.3%Not comparable
MedXpertQA (Text)Source 50.2%Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 14.3%Not comparable
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 67.1%Not comparable
AA-HLESource 4.8%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -41.8%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 24.3%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 87.3%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkGrok 4.20Llama 4 MaverickResult
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 0.690%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkGrok 4.20Llama 4 MaverickResult
MMMU-ProSource 75.2%Not comparable
CharXivSource 60.9%Not comparable
ERQASource 54.1%Not comparable
SimpleVQASource 57.4%Not comparable
MedXpertQA (MM)Source 65.8%Not comparable
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1252896Grok 4.20 leads
AA-MMMU-ProSource 62.1%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkGrok 4.20Llama 4 MaverickResult
AA-IFBenchSource 43.0%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Grok 4.20 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 Grok 4.20 and Llama 4 Maverick today?

Grok 4.20: $2.00 input / $6.00 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.

Grok 4.20
API / mo$6,000
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 28, 2026

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