Model Comparison

Llama 4 Maverick vs Phi 4 MiniWhich is better in 2026?

Llama 4 Maverick significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Verdict: Llama 4 Maverick vs Phi 4 Mini — which is better?

Llama 4 Maverick (by Meta) and Phi 4 Mini (by Microsoft) are two of the AI models people compare most. Here is how they stack up on benchmarks, price and capabilities, and which one to pick in 2026.

Llama 4 Maverick outperforms in 4 benchmarks (GPQA, MGSM, MMLU, MMLU-Pro), while Phi 4 Mini is better at 1 benchmark (MATH). Llama 4 Maverick significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Choose Llama 4 Maverick if…

  • you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 4 of 5 shared benchmarks
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Apr 2025

Choose Phi 4 Mini if…

  • you are already invested in the Microsoft ecosystem

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

5 benchmarks

Llama 4 Maverick outperforms in 4 benchmarks (GPQA, MGSM, MMLU, MMLU-Pro), while Phi 4 Mini is better at 1 benchmark (MATH).

Llama 4 Maverick significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

396.2B diff

Llama 4 Maverick has 396.2B more parameters than Phi 4 Mini, making it 10316.7% larger.

Meta
Llama 4 Maverick
400.0Bparameters
Microsoft
Phi 4 Mini
3.8Bparameters
400.0B
Llama 4 Maverick
3.8B
Phi 4 Mini

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).

Meta
Llama 4 Maverick
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output1,000,000 tokens
Microsoft
Phi 4 Mini
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Llama 4 Maverick supports multimodal inputs, whereas Phi 4 Mini does not.

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

Llama 4 Maverick

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Phi 4 Mini

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Llama 4 Maverick is licensed under Llama 4 Community License Agreement, while Phi 4 Mini uses MIT.

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

Llama 4 Maverick

Llama 4 Community License Agreement

Open weights

Phi 4 Mini

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Llama 4 Maverick was released on 2025-04-05, while Phi 4 Mini was released on 2025-02-01.

Llama 4 Maverick is 2 months newer than Phi 4 Mini.

Llama 4 Maverick

Apr 5, 2025

1.3 years ago

2mo newer
Phi 4 Mini

Feb 1, 2025

1.5 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Phi 4 Mini has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-06-01, while Llama 4 Maverick's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Phi 4 Mini's training data extends to 2024-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Llama 4 Maverick's cutoff date.

Llama 4 Maverick

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Phi 4 Mini

Jun 2024

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Meta
Larger context window (1,000,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher GPQA score (69.8% vs 25.2%)
Higher MGSM score (92.3% vs 63.9%)
Higher MMLU score (85.5% vs 67.3%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (80.5% vs 52.8%)
Microsoft
Higher MATH score (64.0% vs 61.2%)

Detailed Comparison

Interactive Arena

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Llama 4 Maverick and Phi 4 Mini side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Llama 4 Maverick
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Phi 4 Mini
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Meta
Llama 4 Maverick
Microsoft
Phi 4 Mini

FAQ

Common questions about Llama 4 Maverick vs Phi 4 Mini.

Which is better, Llama 4 Maverick or Phi 4 Mini?

Llama 4 Maverick significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Llama 4 Maverick is made by Meta and Phi 4 Mini is made by Microsoft. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.

How does Llama 4 Maverick compare to Phi 4 Mini in benchmarks?

Llama 4 Maverick scores DocVQA: 94.4%, MGSM: 92.3%, ChartQA: 90.0%, MMLU: 85.5%, MMLU-Pro: 80.5%. Phi 4 Mini scores GSM8k: 88.6%, ARC-C: 83.7%, BoolQ: 81.2%, OpenBookQA: 79.2%, PIQA: 77.6%.

What are the context window sizes for Llama 4 Maverick and Phi 4 Mini?

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

What are the main differences between Llama 4 Maverick and Phi 4 Mini?

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

Who makes Llama 4 Maverick and Phi 4 Mini?

Llama 4 Maverick is developed by Meta and Phi 4 Mini is developed by Microsoft.

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