Llama 4 Maverick vs Phi-4

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

Llama 4 Maverick has the cleaner overall profile here, landing at 42 versus 39. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

Llama 4 Maverick gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 16K for Phi-4.

Quick Verdict

Pick Llama 4 Maverick if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Phi-4 only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority.

Knowledge

Phi-4

Llama 4 Maverick

38.7

Phi-4

70.5

46
MMLU
84.8
45
GPQA
56.1
43
SuperGPQA
-
41
OpenBookQA
-
53
MMLU-Pro
-
4
HLE
-

Coding

Phi-4

Llama 4 Maverick

22

Phi-4

82.6

38
HumanEval
82.6
13
SWE-bench Verified
-
15
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

Llama 4 Maverick
46
AIME 2023
-
48
AIME 2024
-
47
AIME 2025
-
42
HMMT Feb 2023
-
44
HMMT Feb 2024
-
43
HMMT Feb 2025
-
45
BRUMO 2025
-
59
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

Llama 4 Maverick
44
SimpleQA
-
42
MuSR
-
63
BBH
-

Instruction Following

Llama 4 Maverick
68
IFEval
-

Multilingual

Phi-4

Llama 4 Maverick

63

Phi-4

80.6

63
MGSM
80.6

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Llama 4 Maverick or Phi-4?

Llama 4 Maverick is ahead overall, 42 to 39. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 38 and 82.6.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Llama 4 Maverick or Phi-4?

Phi-4 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 70.5 versus 38.7. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Llama 4 Maverick or Phi-4?

Phi-4 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 82.6 versus 22. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Llama 4 Maverick or Phi-4?

Phi-4 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 80.6 versus 63. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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