Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026noindex (thin pair)
In this head-to-head showdown, DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest is more budget-friendly at $0.1206/1M per 1M output tokens. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.
Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (~deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-latest). Preview until a second source matches.
Meta natively multimodal open-weight flagship.
Single model data
No latency data
$0.12060000000000001 / 1M output
Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.
Each spoke is a skill. Farther from the center is better (0–100th percentile). Tap any dot to inspect details.
Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.
Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy
Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness
Cost per million tokens and max context window length
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest | Llama 4 Maverick | Advantage Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preference Elo | — | — | |
| Coding Elo | — | — | |
| LiveBench | — | — | |
| SWE-bench | — | — | |
| GPQA Diamond | — | — | |
| Time to first token | — | — | |
| Output speed | — | 130 tok/s | — |
| Input price | $0.0603/1M | $0.2/1M | DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest (+$0.1397/1M) |
| Output price | $0.1206/1M | $0.8/1M | DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest (+$0.6794/1M) |
| Context window | DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest (+262k) |
Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).
DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest is estimated to save $15.08/month ($181/year).
Need SWE-bench on both sides.
Lower output list price ($0.1206/1M).
Need TTFT on both sides.
Larger window (1.3M).
Llama 4 Maverick is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.
| Target Workload | Recommended Pick | Evaluation Rationale |
|---|---|---|
| Repo / coding agents | insufficient data | Need SWE-bench on both sides. |
| High-volume chat | DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest | Lower output list price ($0.1206/1M). |
| Voice / low-latency UI | insufficient data | Need TTFT on both sides. |
| Long-document RAG | DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest | Larger window (1.3M). |
| Screenshots / vision | Llama 4 Maverick | Llama 4 Maverick is the side marked multimodal in the catalog. |
Hub remaps to top Meta vs top Anthropic Elo. Usually Maverick vs Opus 5.
Apr 2026. The Llama vs Claude hub uses the top Meta Elo row — usually Maverick.
Dec 2024 instruct 70B. Still a self-host baseline. Llama 4 is the 2026 buy.
No comments posted on this matchup yet. Be the first to share an evaluation note!
The real PNG is generated at /compare/deepseek-v4-flash-latest-vs-llama-4-maverick/opengraph-image for crawlers.
Verified head-to-head card
