DeepSeek V3.2 vs Llama 4 Maverick
Benchmarks, API pricing and specs, head to head. Data updated 2026-06-10.
DeepSeek V3.2
68.4DeepSeek · Sep 2025
The sparse-attention release that halved DeepSeek's already-lowest-in-class prices while keeping GPT-class quality.
Llama 4 Maverick
Meta · Apr 2025
Meta's natively multimodal 400B MoE — the largest openly downloadable US-made model, served cheaply across many hosts.
The verdict
DeepSeek V3.2 wins 2 of the 2 benchmarks these models share, against 0 for Llama 4 Maverick. DeepSeek V3.2 is about 1.3x cheaper per blended million tokens (3:1 input:output mix). Llama 4 Maverick also takes 1M of context versus 128K for DeepSeek V3.2.
Benchmark head-to-head 2–0
Specs & pricing
| DeepSeek V3.2 | Llama 4 Maverick | |
|---|---|---|
| modhub Index | 68.4 | — |
| Input price / 1M | $0.28 | $0.27 |
| Output price / 1M | $0.42 | $0.85 |
| Context window | 128K | 1M |
| Max output | 64K | — |
| Open weights | yes (MIT) | yes (Llama 4 Community License) |
| Reasoning model | yes | no |
| Multimodal input | text | text, image |
| Knowledge cutoff | Jul 2025 | Aug 2024 |
| Released | Sep 2025 | Apr 2025 |
| Example monthly cost* | $3.43 | $3.98 |
* 10M input + 1.5M output tokens per month at list prices, no caching. Green = better value on that row.
Frequently asked questions
- Which is better, DeepSeek V3.2 or Llama 4 Maverick?
- DeepSeek V3.2 wins 2 of the 2 benchmarks these models share, against 0 for Llama 4 Maverick. DeepSeek V3.2 is about 1.3x cheaper per blended million tokens (3:1 input:output mix). Llama 4 Maverick also takes 1M of context versus 128K for DeepSeek V3.2.
- Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V3.2 or Llama 4 Maverick?
- DeepSeek V3.2 costs $0.28/$0.42 per million input/output tokens, while Llama 4 Maverick costs $0.27/$0.85. For a typical workload of 10M input and 1.5M output tokens per month, that's $3.43 versus $3.98.
- Which model is better for coding, DeepSeek V3.2 or Llama 4 Maverick?
- We don't yet track SWE-bench Verified results for both models; check their individual pages for coding-related scores.
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