Claude Opus 4.8 vs Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E
Benchmark Performance
Available Benchmarks
Technical Differences
Side-by-Side Facts
| Field | Claude Opus 4.8 | Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Anthropic | Meta |
| Family | Claude 4 8 | Llama 4 Maverick 17b 128e |
| Model | Claude Opus 4.8 | Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E |
| Version | Claude Opus 4.8 | Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E |
| Lifecycle | active | active |
| Released | 2026-05-28 | 2025-04-05 |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2026-01-01 | Unknown |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |
| Context window | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Total parameters | Unknown | 401,583,781,376 |
| Active parameters | Unknown | 17,000,000,000 |
| License | Unknown | other |
| Open weights | No | Yes |
| API available | Yes | Unknown |
| Self-hostable | No | Yes |
| Provider access | Anthropic (Standard), Deepinfra (Standard) | Unknown |
| Capabilities | chat, generation, reasoning, tools | chat, generation, tools |
12 comparable fields · 8 material differences · Pair passes the primary-source comparison gate
Claude Opus 4.8 Capabilities
Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E Capabilities
Internal Comparison Graph
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Primary Evidence
Sources and Freshness
Questions
Claude Opus 4.8 vs Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E FAQs
Is Claude Opus 4.8 or Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E better for coding?+
This comparison does not currently contain a protocol-matched coding benchmark for both Claude Opus 4.8 and Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E, so Model Markets cannot name a coding leader from pricing, context size, or capability labels alone.
Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.8 or Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E?+
Only Claude Opus 4.8 has a directly sourced input price: $5.00 per million tokens. Only Claude Opus 4.8 has a directly sourced output price: $25.00 per million tokens.
Which has a larger context window, Claude Opus 4.8 or Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E?+
Neither model has a larger sourced context window in this comparison. Claude Opus 4.8 is 1,000,000 and Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E is 1,000,000.
Which performs better in benchmarks, Claude Opus 4.8 or Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E?+
There is no overall benchmark winner: At least two independently verified, protocol-matched benchmarks are required for an overall winner.
Can Claude Opus 4.8 or Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E be self-hosted?+
Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E is the only model in this pair currently marked as self-hostable. Claude Opus 4.8 is not marked open weight; Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E is open weight.
Can Claude Opus 4.8 and Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E understand images?+
Claude Opus 4.8 is documented with image input; Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E is documented with image input. This reflects supported input modalities, not vision quality.
Which can generate longer answers, Claude Opus 4.8 or Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E?+
Neither has a larger sourced maximum output. Claude Opus 4.8 is 128,000 and Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E is —.
Do Claude Opus 4.8 and Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E support reasoning and tool use?+
Claude Opus 4.8: reasoning, tool calling, and image input. Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E: tool calling and image input. Feature support does not establish relative quality.
Which is available from more inference providers, Claude Opus 4.8 or Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E?+
Claude Opus 4.8 has 2 sourced provider routes; Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E has 0, so Claude Opus 4.8 has broader tracked availability.
Which offers better value, Claude Opus 4.8 or Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E?+
There is no universal value winner. Compare the input and output prices above with the matched benchmark result for your workload: cheaper tokens can be offset by different quality, token usage, latency, or provider availability.