Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
Benchmark Performance
Available Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text Arenatext-2026-09-01-011508720696 · arena_rating · leader | 1,433.95100% of row best · rating · claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929-high-32k; 95% CI [1431.13754052, 1436.75329939]; votes 81031; rank 79 | 1,287.1390% of row best · rating · llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct; 95% CI [1282.87677682, 1291.39199009]; votes 39349; rank 243 |
| Overall ResultCounted from the protocol-matched rows above | 1 benchmark winOverall lead | 0 benchmark wins |
Third-party benchmark Only like-for-like primary-publisher results are shown; raw scores, relative scores, configuration, and token spend remain visible.
Technical Differences
Side-by-Side Facts
| Field | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Anthropic | Meta |
| Family | Claude 4 | Llama 4 Maverick 17b 128e Instruct |
| Model | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct |
| Version | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct |
| Lifecycle | active | active |
| Released | 2025-09-29 | 2025-04-05 |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2025-01-01 | Unknown |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |
| Context window | 200K | 1,000K |
| Total parameters | Unknown | 401.6B |
| Active parameters | Unknown | 17B |
| License | Unknown | other |
| Open weights | No | Yes |
| API available | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hostable | No | Yes |
| Provider access | Anthropic (Standard) | Openrouter (Standard) |
| Capabilities | chat, generation, reasoning, structured_outputs, tools | chat, generation, tools |
14 comparable fields · 10 material differences · Pair passes the primary-source comparison gate
Claude Sonnet 4.5 Capabilities
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct Capabilities
Internal Comparison Graph
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Primary Evidence
Sources and Freshness
Questions
Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct FAQs
Is Claude Sonnet 4.5 or Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct better for coding?+
This comparison does not currently contain a protocol-matched coding benchmark for both Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct, so Model Markets cannot name a coding leader from pricing, context size, or capability labels alone.
Which is cheaper, Claude Sonnet 4.5 or Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct?+
Claude Sonnet 4.5 is $3.00 and Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct is $0.20 per million tokens, so Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct is cheaper on this metric. Claude Sonnet 4.5 is $15.00 and Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct is $0.696 per million tokens, so Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct is cheaper on this metric.
Which has a larger context window, Claude Sonnet 4.5 or Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct?+
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct has the larger sourced context window. Claude Sonnet 4.5 supports 200K and Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct supports 1,000K.
Which performs better in benchmarks, Claude Sonnet 4.5 or Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct?+
There is no overall benchmark winner: At least two independently verified, protocol-matched benchmarks are required for an overall winner.
Can Claude Sonnet 4.5 or Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct be self-hosted?+
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct is the only model in this pair currently marked as self-hostable. Claude Sonnet 4.5 is not marked open weight; Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct is open weight.
Can Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct understand images?+
Claude Sonnet 4.5 is documented with image input; Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct is documented with image input. This reflects supported input modalities, not vision quality.
Which can generate longer answers, Claude Sonnet 4.5 or Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct?+
Neither has a larger sourced maximum output. Claude Sonnet 4.5 is 64K and Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct is —.
Do Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct support reasoning and tool use?+
Claude Sonnet 4.5: reasoning, tool calling, and image input. Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct: tool calling and image input. Feature support does not establish relative quality.
Which is available from more inference providers, Claude Sonnet 4.5 or Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct?+
Claude Sonnet 4.5 has 1 sourced provider route; Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct has 1, a tie.
Which offers better value, Claude Sonnet 4.5 or Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct?+
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.