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Model Comparison 2026

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite vs Llama 4 Maverick

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
Google · Budget · Proprietary
$0.63/1M · 1.0M ctx
Llama 4 Maverick
Meta · Budget · Open weights
$0.38/1M · 1.0M ctx

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Pick a winner in each dimension — change your vote anytime.

Output Quality
Correctness and depth of what it produces
Agentic Ability
Tool calls, instruction-following, and multi-step tasks
Speed
Tokens per second and time-to-first-token
Value for $
How much capability you get per dollar
Reliability
Consistent results — fewer refusals, loops, and format breaks

Specs & Pricing, Side by Side

Spec
Flash Lite
Llama 4 Maverick
Maker
Google
Meta
Blended price / 1M
$0.63
$0.38
Input / output
$0.25 in · $1.50 out / 1M tokens
$0.20 in · $0.80 out / 1M tokens
Context window
1.0M
1.0M
Open weights
No
Yes
Tool use
Yes
Yes
Reasoning
Yes
No
Output Quality
7.4
7.2
Agentic Ability
7.2
7.2
Speed
9.6
8.6
Value for $
8.6
9.2
Reliability
8.5
8.8

Pricing and capabilities synced from the OpenRouter catalogue. Scores are editorial (0–10).

Verdict: Flash Lite or Llama 4 Maverick?

Updated 2026-08-02

Choose Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite if you want cheap, high-volume steps that still need long context. Choose Llama 4 Maverick if you want self-hosted agents that want the Llama ecosystem.

Editorially it's close: each model leads in 2 of our five dimensions. On price, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite runs about $0.63 per 1M tokens (blended) and is proprietary; Llama 4 Maverick is about $0.38 and open-weight.

Where Flash Lite falls short
  • Lowest quality of the Gemini line
  • Struggles on complex multi-step tasks
Full Flash Lite breakdown →
Where Llama 4 Maverick falls short
  • Behind frontier models on quality
  • Tool use less polished
Full Llama 4 Maverick breakdown →

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