Llama 4 Maverick vs DeepSeek V4 Flash

Llama 4 Maverick versus DeepSeek V4 Flash specifications and price.
metric	Llama 4 Maverick	DeepSeek V4 Flash
Input / 1M	$0.15	$0.14
Output / 1M	$0.60	$0.28
Context	1.0M	1.0M
Cost @ typical workload	$105/mo	$70.00/mo
Modality	text + image	Text only
Price source	routed	first-party
Provider	Meta	DeepSeek

Which should you pick?

On a typical workload, DeepSeek V4 Flash costs $70.00/mo against Llama 4 Maverick's $105/mo — roughly 1.5× cheaper. But the ranking depends on your output-to-input ratio: output is the pricier direction for both, so an output-heavy job (code generation, long answers) widens the gap while an input-heavy one (summarization, retrieval) narrows it. Both share the same context window, so that's not a deciding factor here. Only Llama 4 Maverick accepts image input — decisive if your prompts include images.

These are list and routed market prices, not measured outcomes. Two models at the same rate can still cost different amounts to finish the same task, because verbose or reasoning-heavy models emit more tokens. That gap is exactly what measured cost-per-task captures.

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 4 Maverick or DeepSeek V4 Flash cheaper?

For a typical workload (1,500 input + 500 output tokens × 200,000 requests/month), DeepSeek V4 Flash costs $70.00/mo versus $105/mo for Llama 4 Maverick — about 1.5× less. Because output is priced higher than input, the winner can flip if your workload writes much more or less than this; check your own numbers in the calculator.

What's the main difference between Llama 4 Maverick and DeepSeek V4 Flash?

On price, Llama 4 Maverick is $0.15/$0.60 per 1M (in/out) and DeepSeek V4 Flash is $0.14/$0.28. Both carry the same context window. Llama 4 Maverick also accepts image input, while DeepSeek V4 Flash is text-only.

More comparisons

Llama 4 Maverick and DeepSeek V4 Flash — full specs and price history.
API cost calculator — compare on your own workload.
All comparisons — the full head-to-head index.