# Llama 4 Maverick vs Macaw

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Llama 4 Maverick and Macaw across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/llama-4-maverick-vs-macaw-v1
- Last updated: September 24, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for Llama 4 Maverick and Macaw.

## Summary

- Llama 4 Maverick and Macaw do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Llama 4 Maverick | Macaw |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Meta | Bad Theory Labs |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 22.96 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 1 | 0 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Llama 4 Maverick public-lane score: 11.9 (Estimated · #101/105)
- Macaw public-lane score: Coming soon

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Llama 4 Maverick public-lane score: 18.4 (Estimated · #127/135)
- Macaw public-lane score: Coming soon

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Llama 4 Maverick public-lane score: 56.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Macaw public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Llama 4 Maverick public-lane score: 51.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Macaw public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Llama 4 Maverick public-lane score: 30.7 (Estimated · #127/158)
- Macaw public-lane score: Coming soon

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Llama 4 Maverick public-lane score: 48.9 (#82/124)
- Macaw public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Llama 4 Maverick public-lane score: 25.1 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Macaw public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Llama 4 Maverick | Macaw | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 0.690% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare Llama 4 Maverick and Macaw on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

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## Explore More

- [Llama 4 Maverick profile](/models/llama-4-maverick)
- [Macaw profile](/models/macaw-v1)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
- [Alternative Finder](/tools/alternative-finder)
- [LLM Selector](/tools/llm-selector)
- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)