Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8 is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 10 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the one area where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
Facts rests on a single test.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8 costs 81% less for the same work.
Every test, side by side
All 10 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
FactsLlama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8
- Vectara HHEM hallucination ratelower is betterLlama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8 by 1.69.88.2+1.6
Other results9 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- HarmBenchClaude Haiku 4.5 by 29.895.966.1+29.8
- AIR-Bench 2024Claude Haiku 4.5 by 24.693.268.6+24.6
- XSTestLlama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8 by 3.393.296.5+3.3
- vectara_factual_consistencyLlama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8 by 1.690.291.8+1.6
- anthropic_red_teamLlama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8 by 1.396.998.2+1.3
- vectara_avg_summary_lengthtie115.1106tie
- simple_safety_teststie98.899.3tie
- vectara_answer_ratetie99.5100tie
- bbqtie92.893tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8?
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8 wins the one area where both have results: facts. Claude Haiku 4.5 wins none.
Which is cheaper?
Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $1.00 per million input tokens and $5.00 per million output tokens; Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8 costs $0.27 and $0.85. That makes Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8 about 81% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 10 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 1 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 9 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.