Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 16, 2026

Claude Opus 4.8 vs Llama 4 Maverick benchmark

Name: Claude Opus 4.8 vs Llama 4 Maverick AI benchmark comparison
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This page compares Claude Opus 4.8 (Anthropic) and Llama 4 Maverick (Meta) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 16, 2026. On preference Elo, Claude Opus 4.8 is ahead by 130 points (1,598 vs 1,468; seed-bootstrap (Aug 16, 2026)). On SWE-bench coding, Claude Opus 4.8 resolves 78.4% versus 57.1% (seed-bootstrap (Aug 16, 2026)). Llama 4 Maverick streams faster (130 tok/s) while Llama 4 Maverick is the cheaper output token ($0.8/1M). Llama 4 Maverick has the larger context window (1M tokens). Every cell below is a dated snapshot from a named public source — we do not invent missing scores, and we do not run SWE-bench ourselves.

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Anthropic

Claude Opus 4.8

Prior Opus generation still billed at $5/$25. Kept as a compare baseline against Opus 5.

Elo 1,598$25/1M out

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Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Claude Opus 4.8 (5)vsLlama 4 Maverick (5)

Claude Opus 4.8: 5W (50%)Overall: Even matchupLlama 4 Maverick: 5W (50%)

← Claude Opus 4.8Llama 4 Maverick →

Claude Opus 4.8 (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,598vs1,468

Coding Elo

1,604vs1,452

SWE-bench

78.4%vs57.1%

LiveBench

73.6%vs62.8%

GPQA Diamond

86.2%vs74.6%

Claude Opus 4.8: 5WLlama 4 Maverick: 0W

Llama 4 Maverick (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

66 tok/svs130 tok/s

Time to first token

330 msvs170 ms

Claude Opus 4.8: 0WLlama 4 Maverick: 2W

Llama 4 Maverick (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$25/1Mvs$0.8/1M

Input price

$5/1Mvs$0.2/1M

Context window

1Mvs1M

Claude Opus 4.8: 0WLlama 4 Maverick: 3W

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Each spoke is a skill. Farther from the center is better (0–100th percentile). Tap any dot to inspect details.

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Percentile 0–100

Dimensional AdvantageEven 3–3

Preference Elo

Claude Opus 4.8

130 pts advantage

Throughput Speed

Llama 4 Maverick

64 tok/s faster

Price Efficiency

Llama 4 Maverick

$24.20/1M cheaper

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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Elo

High is better

+9%1,598

EloHigh is better

1,468

Code Elo

High is better

+10%1,604

Code EloHigh is better

1,452

LiveBench

High is better

+17%73.6%

LiveBenchHigh is better

62.8%

SWE-bench

High is better

+37%78.4%

SWE-benchHigh is better

57.1%

GPQA

High is better

+16%86.2%

GPQAHigh is better

74.6%

TTFT

Low is better

330 ms

TTFTLow is better

170 ms+94%

Speed

High is better

66 tok/s

SpeedHigh is better

130 tok/s+97%

In $

Low is better

$5/1M

In $Low is better

$0.2/1M+2400%

Out $

Low is better

$25/1M

Out $Low is better

$0.8/1M+3025%

Context

High is better

ContextHigh is better

1M+5%

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Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs based on published $/1M tokens.

Save up to 97% with Llama 4 Maverick

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

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Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out

RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)

Claude Opus 4.8$550.00 / mo

In: $175.00Out: $375.00

Llama 4 Maverick$19.00 / mo

In: $7.00Out: $12.00

Estimated Cost Delta

Llama 4 Maverick is estimated to save $531.00/month ($6,372/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

1
Claude Opus 4.8:Pick Claude Opus 4.8 when repo-level coding accuracy is the constraint.
2
Llama 4 Maverick:Pick Llama 4 Maverick when you are optimizing output cost.
3
Llama 4 Maverick:Pick Llama 4 Maverick when time-to-first-token matters more than peak Elo.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsClaude Opus 4.8

Higher SWE-bench (78.4%).

High-volume chatLlama 4 Maverick

Lower output list price ($0.8/1M).

Voice / low-latency UILlama 4 Maverick

Lower TTFT (170 ms).

Long-document RAGLlama 4 Maverick

Larger window (1M).

Screenshots / visionClaude Opus 4.8

Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (Claude Opus 4.8).

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Claude Opus 4.8	Higher SWE-bench (78.4%).
High-volume chat	Llama 4 Maverick	Lower output list price ($0.8/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Llama 4 Maverick	Lower TTFT (170 ms).
Long-document RAG	Llama 4 Maverick	Larger window (1M).
Screenshots / vision	Claude Opus 4.8	Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (Claude Opus 4.8).

Related Editorial Dispatches & Benchmark Notes

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launchJun 20, 2026

Keep Opus 4.8 on the board: a baseline, not a flagship

Opus 4.8 still bills $5/$25. We keep it so Opus 5 vs 4.8 is a real generation delta, not marketing.

compareApr 9, 2026

Llama vs Claude: open-weight Meta versus the Anthropic crown

Hub remaps to top Meta vs top Anthropic Elo. Usually Maverick vs Opus 5.

launchApr 8, 2026

Llama 4 Maverick: Meta’s natively multimodal open-weight flagship

Apr 2026. The Llama vs Claude hub uses the top Meta Elo row — usually Maverick.

launchDec 6, 2024

Llama 3.3 70B stays as the previous Meta 70B workhorse

Dec 2024 instruct 70B. Still a self-host baseline. Llama 4 is the 2026 buy.

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Anthropic

Claude Opus 4.8

Elo 1,598

LiveBench73.6%

SWE-bench78.4%

Speed66 tok/s

Output cost$25/1M

Llama 4 Maverick

Elo 1,468

LiveBench62.8%

SWE-bench57.1%

Speed130 tok/s

Output cost$0.8/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.8 or Llama 4 Maverick?: Claude Opus 4.8 has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,598). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.
Which is better at coding, Claude Opus 4.8 or Llama 4 Maverick?: Claude Opus 4.8 leads SWE-bench at 78.4% vs 57.1%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: Llama 4 Maverick output tokens are $0.8/1M versus $25/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Claude Opus 4.8 or Llama 4 Maverick?: Llama 4 Maverick has the lower time-to-first-token (170 ms vs 330 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.
Which has the larger context window?: Llama 4 Maverick accepts 1M tokens versus 1M.
Can I self-host either model?: Llama 4 Maverick is marked open-weights in our catalog. The other side is a closed API. Check the provider license before you ship weights.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Claude Opus 4.8 and Llama 4 Maverick Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Claude Opus 4.8 vs Llama 4 Maverick benchmark

Interactive Comparison Diagram

Matchup Breakdown

Tug-of-War Matchup Matrix

Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Claude Opus 4.8 (5)vsLlama 4 Maverick (5)

Claude Opus 4.8: 5W (50%)Overall: Even matchupLlama 4 Maverick: 5W (50%)

← Claude Opus 4.8Llama 4 Maverick →

Claude Opus 4.8 (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,598vs1,468

Coding Elo

1,604vs1,452

SWE-bench

78.4%vs57.1%

LiveBench

73.6%vs62.8%

GPQA Diamond

86.2%vs74.6%

Claude Opus 4.8: 5WLlama 4 Maverick: 0W

Llama 4 Maverick (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

66 tok/svs130 tok/s

Time to first token

330 msvs170 ms

Claude Opus 4.8: 0WLlama 4 Maverick: 2W

Llama 4 Maverick (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$25/1Mvs$0.8/1M

Input price

$5/1Mvs$0.2/1M

Context window

1Mvs1M

Claude Opus 4.8: 0WLlama 4 Maverick: 3W

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsClaude Opus 4.8

Higher SWE-bench (78.4%).

High-volume chatLlama 4 Maverick

Lower output list price ($0.8/1M).

Voice / low-latency UILlama 4 Maverick

Lower TTFT (170 ms).

Long-document RAGLlama 4 Maverick

Larger window (1M).

Screenshots / visionClaude Opus 4.8

Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (Claude Opus 4.8).

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Claude Opus 4.8	Higher SWE-bench (78.4%).
High-volume chat	Llama 4 Maverick	Lower output list price ($0.8/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Llama 4 Maverick	Lower TTFT (170 ms).
Long-document RAG	Llama 4 Maverick	Larger window (1M).
Screenshots / vision	Claude Opus 4.8	Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (Claude Opus 4.8).

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.8 or Llama 4 Maverick?

Claude Opus 4.8 has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,598). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.

Which is better at coding, Claude Opus 4.8 or Llama 4 Maverick?

Claude Opus 4.8 leads SWE-bench at 78.4% vs 57.1%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

Llama 4 Maverick output tokens are $0.8/1M versus $25/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Claude Opus 4.8 or Llama 4 Maverick?

Llama 4 Maverick has the lower time-to-first-token (170 ms vs 330 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.

Which has the larger context window?

Llama 4 Maverick accepts 1M tokens versus 1M.

Can I self-host either model?

Llama 4 Maverick is marked open-weights in our catalog. The other side is a closed API. Check the provider license before you ship weights.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Claude Opus 4.8 and Llama 4 Maverick Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Claude Opus 4.8

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Llama 4 Maverick

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Key Selection Recommendations

Recommended Workload Routing

Related Editorial Dispatches & Benchmark Notes

Keep Opus 4.8 on the board: a baseline, not a flagship

Llama vs Claude: open-weight Meta versus the Anthropic crown

Llama 4 Maverick: Meta’s natively multimodal open-weight flagship

Llama 3.3 70B stays as the previous Meta 70B workhorse

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Key Selection Recommendations

Recommended Workload Routing

Related Editorial Dispatches & Benchmark Notes

Keep Opus 4.8 on the board: a baseline, not a flagship

Llama vs Claude: open-weight Meta versus the Anthropic crown

Llama 4 Maverick: Meta’s natively multimodal open-weight flagship

Llama 3.3 70B stays as the previous Meta 70B workhorse

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