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Llama 4 Maverick vs Phi 4 Mini

Llama 4 Maverick leads the LLM Stats Score 14.7 to -4.1.

Meta · Microsoft · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Llama 4 Maverick leads the overall LLM Stats Score 14.7 to -4.1, ranking #242 overall.

In the 5 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Llama 4 Maverick wins 4; 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 Llama 4 Maverick

  • overall performance matters — it scores 14.7 and ranks #242 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 4 of 5 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Apr 2025

Choose Phi 4 Mini

  • you are already invested in the Microsoft ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Llama 4 Maverick
Meta
Phi 4 Mini
Microsoft
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
14.7
#242
-4.1
#355
Reasoning
14.3
#238
-4.2
#348
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
4 of 5
1 of 5
Input price
$0.17 / M
— / M
Output price
$0.60 / M
— / M
Context window
1,000,000
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

3 shared
Index
Llama 4 Maverick
Phi 4 Mini
Math
20.4#159
2.3#295
Finance
18.9#90
1.1#192
Legal
18.9#76
1.1#181
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

13 reported for Llama 4 Maverick · 17 for Phi 4 Mini

5 shared

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.

Wed Sep 30 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

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
Wed Sep 30 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

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

1.5 years ago

2mo newer
Phi 4 Mini

Feb 1, 2025

1.7 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

—

Phi 4 Mini

Jun 2024

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

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
✓ Preferred
Phi 4 Mini
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Llama 4 Maverick vs Phi 4 Mini.

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

Llama 4 Maverick leads the LLM Stats Score 14.7 to -4.1. 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 capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits 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 LLM Stats Score (14.7 vs -4.1), 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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