Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 16, 2026

Llama 4 Maverick vs Qwen3.8 27B benchmark

Name: Llama 4 Maverick vs Qwen3.8 27B AI benchmark comparison
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This page compares Llama 4 Maverick (Meta) and Qwen3.8 27B (Alibaba) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 16, 2026. On preference Elo, Llama 4 Maverick is ahead by 70 points (1,468 vs 1,398; seed-bootstrap (Aug 1, 2026)). On SWE-bench coding, Qwen3.8 27B resolves 58.8% versus 57.1% (seed-bootstrap (Aug 16, 2026)). Qwen3.8 27B streams faster (152 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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Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Llama 4 Maverick (7)vsQwen3.8 27B (3)

Llama 4 Maverick: 7W (70%)Overall: Llama 4 MaverickQwen3.8 27B: 3W (30%)

← Llama 4 MaverickQwen3.8 27B →

Llama 4 Maverick (4/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

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

Preference Elo

1,468vs1,398

Coding Elo

1,452vs1,422

SWE-bench

57.1%vs58.8%

LiveBench

62.8%vs60.6%

GPQA Diamond

74.6%vs73.4%

Llama 4 Maverick: 4WQwen3.8 27B: 1W

Qwen3.8 27B (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

130 tok/svs152 tok/s

Time to first token

170 msvs140 ms

Llama 4 Maverick: 0WQwen3.8 27B: 2W

Llama 4 Maverick (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$0.8/1Mvs$3.2/1M

Input price

$0.2/1Mvs$0.45/1M

Context window

1Mvs262k

Llama 4 Maverick: 3WQwen3.8 27B: 0W

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Percentile 0–100

Dimensional AdvantageLlama 4 Maverick 5/6

Preference Elo

Llama 4 Maverick

70 pts advantage

Throughput Speed

Qwen3.8 27B

22 tok/s faster

Price Efficiency

Llama 4 Maverick

$2.40/1M cheaper

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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Elo

High is better

+5%1,468

EloHigh is better

1,398

Code Elo

High is better

+2%1,452

Code EloHigh is better

1,422

LiveBench

High is better

+4%62.8%

LiveBenchHigh is better

60.6%

SWE-bench

High is better

57.1%

SWE-benchHigh is better

58.8%+3%

GPQA

High is better

+2%74.6%

GPQAHigh is better

73.4%

TTFT

Low is better

170 ms

TTFTLow is better

140 ms+21%

Speed

High is better

130 tok/s

SpeedHigh is better

152 tok/s+17%

In $

Low is better

+125%$0.2/1M

In $Low is better

$0.45/1M

Out $

Low is better

+300%$0.8/1M

Out $Low is better

$3.2/1M

Context

High is better

+300%1M

ContextHigh is better

262k

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

Save up to 70% 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)

Llama 4 Maverick$19.00 / mo

In: $7.00Out: $12.00

Qwen3.8 27B$63.75 / mo

In: $15.75Out: $48.00

Estimated Cost Delta

Llama 4 Maverick is estimated to save $44.75/month ($537/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

1
Qwen3.8 27B:Pick Qwen3.8 27B when repo-level coding accuracy is the constraint.
2
Llama 4 Maverick:Pick Llama 4 Maverick when you are optimizing output cost.
3
Qwen3.8 27B:Pick Qwen3.8 27B when time-to-first-token matters more than peak Elo.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsQwen3.8 27B

Higher SWE-bench (58.8%).

High-volume chatLlama 4 Maverick

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

Voice / low-latency UIQwen3.8 27B

Lower TTFT (140 ms).

Long-document RAGLlama 4 Maverick

Larger window (1M).

Screenshots / visionLlama 4 Maverick

Llama 4 Maverick is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Qwen3.8 27B	Higher SWE-bench (58.8%).
High-volume chat	Llama 4 Maverick	Lower output list price ($0.8/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Qwen3.8 27B	Lower TTFT (140 ms).
Long-document RAG	Llama 4 Maverick	Larger window (1M).
Screenshots / vision	Llama 4 Maverick	Llama 4 Maverick is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Related Editorial Dispatches & Benchmark Notes

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launchAug 14, 2026

Qwen3.8 27B (Aug 14): dense enough to self-host, not a frontier MoE

Alibaba open-weight 27B drop. Local/open-weight lists should see it. It will not win frontier-agents.

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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Llama 4 Maverick

Elo 1,468

LiveBench62.8%

SWE-bench57.1%

Speed130 tok/s

Output cost$0.8/1M

Alibaba

Qwen3.8 27B

Elo 1,398

LiveBench60.6%

SWE-bench58.8%

Speed152 tok/s

Output cost$3.2/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen3.8 27B?: Llama 4 Maverick has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,468). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.
Which is better at coding, Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen3.8 27B?: Qwen3.8 27B leads SWE-bench at 58.8% 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 $3.2/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen3.8 27B?: Qwen3.8 27B has the lower time-to-first-token (140 ms vs 170 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 262k.
Can I self-host either model?: Both Llama 4 Maverick and Qwen3.8 27B are marked open-weights. Hosting cost is not in this table.
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. Llama 4 Maverick and Qwen3.8 27B Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Llama 4 Maverick vs Qwen3.8 27B benchmark

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Matchup Breakdown

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Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Llama 4 Maverick (7)vsQwen3.8 27B (3)

Llama 4 Maverick: 7W (70%)Overall: Llama 4 MaverickQwen3.8 27B: 3W (30%)

← Llama 4 MaverickQwen3.8 27B →

Llama 4 Maverick (4/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

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

Preference Elo

1,468vs1,398

Coding Elo

1,452vs1,422

SWE-bench

57.1%vs58.8%

LiveBench

62.8%vs60.6%

GPQA Diamond

74.6%vs73.4%

Llama 4 Maverick: 4WQwen3.8 27B: 1W

Qwen3.8 27B (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

130 tok/svs152 tok/s

Time to first token

170 msvs140 ms

Llama 4 Maverick: 0WQwen3.8 27B: 2W

Llama 4 Maverick (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$0.8/1Mvs$3.2/1M

Input price

$0.2/1Mvs$0.45/1M

Context window

1Mvs262k

Llama 4 Maverick: 3WQwen3.8 27B: 0W

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsQwen3.8 27B

Higher SWE-bench (58.8%).

High-volume chatLlama 4 Maverick

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

Voice / low-latency UIQwen3.8 27B

Lower TTFT (140 ms).

Long-document RAGLlama 4 Maverick

Larger window (1M).

Screenshots / visionLlama 4 Maverick

Llama 4 Maverick is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Qwen3.8 27B	Higher SWE-bench (58.8%).
High-volume chat	Llama 4 Maverick	Lower output list price ($0.8/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Qwen3.8 27B	Lower TTFT (140 ms).
Long-document RAG	Llama 4 Maverick	Larger window (1M).
Screenshots / vision	Llama 4 Maverick	Llama 4 Maverick is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen3.8 27B?

Llama 4 Maverick has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,468). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.

Which is better at coding, Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen3.8 27B?

Qwen3.8 27B leads SWE-bench at 58.8% 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 $3.2/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen3.8 27B?

Qwen3.8 27B has the lower time-to-first-token (140 ms vs 170 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 262k.

Can I self-host either model?

Both Llama 4 Maverick and Qwen3.8 27B are marked open-weights. Hosting cost is not in this table.

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. Llama 4 Maverick and Qwen3.8 27B Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Related Editorial Dispatches & Benchmark Notes

Qwen3.8 27B (Aug 14): dense enough to self-host, not a frontier MoE

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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Related Editorial Dispatches & Benchmark Notes

Qwen3.8 27B (Aug 14): dense enough to self-host, not a frontier MoE

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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