Llama 4 Maverick vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

Llama 4 Maverick at $0.230 in and $0.920 out and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking at $0.172 in and $1.38 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

Llama 4 Maverick

At a glance

Cheapest input: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking at $0.172 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: Llama 4 Maverick at $0.920 per million tokens.
Largest context: Llama 4 Maverick at 1.05M tokens — about 1,500 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

Llama 4 Maverick

0.09¢

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

0.1¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Llama 4 Maverick

0.19¢

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

0.2¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Llama 4 Maverick

3.9¢

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

3.2¢

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Llama 4 Maverick

0.9¢

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

0.74¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Llama 4 Maverick

$0.06

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

4.7¢

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

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80% Input20% Output

Llama 4 Maverick

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

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Pricing

Llama 4 Maverick

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

Input / 1M tokens

$0.230

$0.172

Output / 1M tokens

$0.920

$1.38

Specs

Llama 4 Maverick

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

Provider

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Llama 4 Maverick

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Llama 4 Maverick has the largest context window here — 1.05M tokens.

On price, Llama 4 Maverick is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.19¢.

For images or files, Llama 4 Maverick can read them directly; Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking is text-only.

If you want to watch the model think, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking shows reasoning; the other answers directly.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

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Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Llama 4 Maverick at 0.19¢; Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking at 0.2¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

Llama 4 Maverick — 1.05M tokens, about 1,500 pages.

Can I run Llama 4 Maverick and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 0.39¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.39¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.