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 3.111.38.2+3.1
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.
- HarmBenchLlama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8 by 18.247.966.1+18.2
- AIR-Bench 2024Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8 by 15.752.968.6+15.7
- bbqDeepSeek-R1 by 3.696.693+3.6
- vectara_factual_consistencyLlama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8 by 3.188.791.8+3.1
- vectara_answer_rateLlama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8 by 397100+3
- XSTestLlama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8 by 2.194.496.5+2.1
- simple_safety_testsLlama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8 by 1.39899.3+1.3
- vectara_avg_summary_lengthLlama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8 by 12.5 rating points93.5106+12.5 rating
- anthropic_red_teamLlama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8 by 197.298.2+1
Questions people ask
Which is better, DeepSeek-R1 or Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8?
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FP8 wins the one area where both have results: facts. DeepSeek-R1 wins none.
Which is cheaper?
DeepSeek-R1 costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $4.00 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.