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Grok 4.5 vs Llama 4 Maverick

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 15 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

76.97/100
Margin
53.5pts
← winning
23.43/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Grok 4.5 #6 (Supported); Llama 4 Maverick #189 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Grok 4.5 and Llama 4 Maverick share 15 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 12 results are unique to Grok 4.5; 4 to Llama 4 Maverick.

Updated July 17, 2026
Shared results
15
Grok 4.5 only
12
Llama 4 Maverick only
4
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Grok 4.5 and Llama 4 Maverick is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 15 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.

Grok 4.5 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. Llama 4 Maverick has the larger context window at 1M, compared with 500K for Grok 4.5.

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 4.5 and Llama 4 Maverick
CategoryGrok 4.5ΔLlama 4 Maverick
AgenticGrok 4.583.3MarginNo overlapLlama 4 MaverickNot measured
CodingGrok 4.564.7MarginNo overlapLlama 4 MaverickNot measured
MathGrok 4.5Not measuredMarginNo overlapLlama 4 Maverick0.7

Operational comparison

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

MetricGrok 4.5Llama 4 MaverickComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGrok 4.5$2 input / $6 outputLlama 4 Maverick$0 input / $0 outputLlama 4 Maverick has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondGrok 4.5Not availableLlama 4 Maverick121 tok/sA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGrok 4.5Not availableLlama 4 Maverick0.95 sA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGrok 4.5500KLlama 4 Maverick1MLlama 4 Maverick lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Llama 4 MaverickResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 83.3%Not comparable
deepSweSource 53%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 45.7%1.3%Grok 4.5 leads
GDPval-AASource 51.7%0.0%Grok 4.5 leads
GDPval-AASource 1535-16Grok 4.5 leads
AA BriefcaseSource 1323Not comparable
AA AutomationBenchSource 51.4%Not comparable
AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource 40.8%Not comparable
AA Harvey LABSource 13.3%Not comparable
AA Tau3 BankingSource 32.6%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 17.8%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Llama 4 MaverickResult
SWE-bench ProSource 64.7%Not comparable
SWE MultilingualSource 78%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 83.3%Not comparable
cursorBench32Source 66.7%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 72.5%16.3%Grok 4.5 leads
AA-SciCodeSource 54.1%33.1%Grok 4.5 leads
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Source 81.6%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench HardSource 6.8%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Llama 4 MaverickResult
AA-LCRSource 67.7%46.0%Grok 4.5 leads
CritPtSource 15.4%0.0%Grok 4.5 leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Llama 4 MaverickResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 53.8%14.3%Grok 4.5 leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 93.1%67.1%Grok 4.5 leads
AA-HLESource 40.3%4.8%Grok 4.5 leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 26.4%-41.8%Grok 4.5 leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 52.1%24.3%Grok 4.5 leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 53.5%87.3%Grok 4.5 leads
Math
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Llama 4 MaverickResult
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 0.690%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Llama 4 MaverickResult
AA-MMMU-ProSource 80.4%62.1%Grok 4.5 leads
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1329905Grok 4.5 leads
Inst. Following
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Llama 4 MaverickResult
AA-IFBenchSource 43.0%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Grok 4.5 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 4.5 and Llama 4 Maverick today?

Grok 4.5: $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 4.5
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 17, 2026

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