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Gemini 4 Carbon vs Llama 4 Scout

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the LLM Stats Score 59.0 to 7.3.

Google · Meta · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the overall LLM Stats Score 59.0 to 7.3, ranking #2 overall.

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

Choose Gemini 4 Carbon

  • overall performance matters — it scores 59.0 and ranks #2 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

Choose Llama 4 Scout

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Gemini 4 Carbon
Google
Llama 4 Scout
Meta
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
59.0
#2
7.3
#319
Reasoning
54.9
#5
6.1
#322
Coding
48.1
#3
0.3
#273
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
— / M
$0.08 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.30 / M
Context window
—
10,000,000

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

2 shared
Index
Gemini 4 Carbon
Llama 4 Scout
Vision
36.0#12
9.7#150
Multimodal
38.0#6
12.8#124
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

16 reported for Gemini 4 Carbon · 12 for Llama 4 Scout

No common benchmarks found

Gemini 4 Carbon and Llama 4 Scoutdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Llama 4 Scout specifies input context (10,000,000 tokens). Only Llama 4 Scout specifies output context (10,000,000 tokens).

Google
Gemini 4 Carbon
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Meta
Llama 4 Scout
Input10,000,000 tokens
Output10,000,000 tokens
Thu Oct 29 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Gemini 4 Carbon and Llama 4 Scout support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Gemini 4 Carbon

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Llama 4 Scout

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 4 Carbon is licensed under a proprietary license, while Llama 4 Scout uses Llama 4 Community License Agreement.

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

Gemini 4 Carbon

Proprietary

Closed source

Llama 4 Scout

Llama 4 Community License Agreement

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 4 Carbon was released on 2026-10-28, while Llama 4 Scout was released on 2025-04-05.

Gemini 4 Carbon is 19 months newer than Llama 4 Scout.

Gemini 4 Carbon

Oct 28, 2026

-2 days ago

1.6yr newer
Llama 4 Scout

Apr 5, 2025

1.6 years ago

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?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Gemini 4 Carbon and Llama 4 Scout side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Gemini 4 Carbon
✓ Preferred
Llama 4 Scout
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 4 Carbon vs Llama 4 Scout.

Which is better, Gemini 4 Carbon or Llama 4 Scout?

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the LLM Stats Score 59.0 to 7.3. Gemini 4 Carbon is made by Google and Llama 4 Scout is made by Meta. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Gemini 4 Carbon compare to Llama 4 Scout in benchmarks?

Gemini 4 Carbon scores Gray Swan IPI Benchmark: 100.0%, Vending-Bench 2: 100.0%, Graphwalks BFS >128k: 96.2%, WebDev Arena: 88.4%, SEC-bench Pro: 88.2%. Llama 4 Scout scores DocVQA: 94.4%, MGSM: 90.6%, ChartQA: 88.8%, MMLU: 79.6%, MMLU-Pro: 74.3%.

What are the context window sizes for Gemini 4 Carbon and Llama 4 Scout?

Gemini 4 Carbon supports an unknown number of tokens and Llama 4 Scout supports 10.0M tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Gemini 4 Carbon and Llama 4 Scout?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (59.0 vs 7.3), licensing (Proprietary vs Llama 4 Community License Agreement). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Gemini 4 Carbon and Llama 4 Scout?

Gemini 4 Carbon is developed by Google and Llama 4 Scout is developed by Meta.

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