The AI arena is free today

Open Superagent

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B vs Llama 4 Maverick

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B and Llama 4 Maverick are closely matched at 7.1 and 14.8 on the LLM Stats Score.

DeepSeek · Meta · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B and Llama 4 Maverick are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 7.1 and 14.8.

In the 2 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Llama 4 Maverick wins 2; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

  • you are already invested in the DeepSeek ecosystem

Choose Llama 4 Maverick

  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 2 of 2 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Apr 2025

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
DeepSeek
Llama 4 Maverick
Meta
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
7.1
#279
14.8
#221
Reasoning
7.4
#270
14.5
#218
Coding
2.7
#217
3.2
#211
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
0 of 2
2 of 2
Input price
— / M
$0.17 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.60 / M
Context window
—
1,000,000

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
Llama 4 Maverick
Math
10.9#241
20.6#149
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

4 reported for DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B · 13 for Llama 4 Maverick

2 shared

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Llama 4 Maverick is better at 2 benchmarks (GPQA, LiveCodeBench).

Llama 4 Maverick significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Sun Sep 06 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

392.0B diff

Llama 4 Maverick has 392.0B more parameters than DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B, making it 4881.3% larger.

DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
8.0Bparameters
Meta
Llama 4 Maverick
400.0Bparameters
8.0B
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
400.0B
Llama 4 Maverick

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Llama 4 Maverick specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Llama 4 Maverick specifies output context (1,000,000 tokens).

DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Meta
Llama 4 Maverick
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output1,000,000 tokens
Sun Sep 06 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Llama 4 Maverick supports multimodal inputs, whereas DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B does not.

Llama 4 Maverick can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Llama 4 Maverick

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B is licensed under MIT, while Llama 4 Maverick uses Llama 4 Community License Agreement.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

MIT

Open weights

Llama 4 Maverick

Llama 4 Community License Agreement

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B was released on 2025-01-20, while Llama 4 Maverick was released on 2025-04-05.

Llama 4 Maverick is 3 months newer than DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

Jan 20, 2025

1.6 years ago

Llama 4 Maverick

Apr 5, 2025

1.4 years ago

2mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?Start an Issue discussion→

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B and Llama 4 Maverick side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
✓ Preferred
Llama 4 Maverick
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B vs Llama 4 Maverick.

Which is better, DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B or Llama 4 Maverick?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B and Llama 4 Maverick are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 7.1 and 14.8. DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B is made by DeepSeek and Llama 4 Maverick is made by Meta. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B compare to Llama 4 Maverick in benchmarks?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B scores MATH-500: 89.1%, AIME 2024: 80.0%, GPQA: 49.0%, LiveCodeBench: 39.6%. Llama 4 Maverick scores DocVQA: 94.4%, MGSM: 92.3%, ChartQA: 90.0%, MMLU: 85.5%, MMLU-Pro: 80.5%.

What are the context window sizes for DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B and Llama 4 Maverick?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B supports an unknown number of tokens and Llama 4 Maverick supports 1.0M tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B and Llama 4 Maverick?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (7.1 vs 14.8), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (MIT vs Llama 4 Community License Agreement). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B and Llama 4 Maverick?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B is developed by DeepSeek and Llama 4 Maverick is developed by Meta.

Related comparisons