Data points: 129
The readout for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Llama 4 Maverick, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Decision read
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Claude Sonnet 4.6 currently has the stronger profile, with verified wins split 4 to 0.
Evidence depth
129 data points
Includes 32 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 6 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with Claude Sonnet 4.6
The charts below split 38 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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Model compare Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Llama 4 Maverickclaude-sonnet-4-6-vs-llama-4-maverick | Model A Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Model B Llama 4 Maverick |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Leading | Contender |
| Verified metric wins | 4 wins | 0 wins |
| Where it leads | Cheapest input price, Free providers, Provider coverage, Recent tests |
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.
Avg. score
Claude Sonnet 4.6
53.8
Avg. score
Llama 4 Maverick
41.5
Selected category
Agents
Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads by 20.4
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner77.0
Rank #21/127 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Maverick
19.0
Rank #110/127 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
70.09 s
Rank #130/139 · confidence 4
Llama 4 Maverick
winner0.63 s
Rank #15/139 · confidence 4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
70.09 s
Rank #133/139 · confidence 4
Llama 4 Maverick
winner0.63 s
Rank #22/139 · confidence 4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
57.4 tok/s
Rank #102/139 · confidence 4
Llama 4 Maverick
winner114.4 tok/s
Rank #54/139 · confidence 4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
$15.00/M
Rank #142/167 · confidence 4
Llama 4 Maverick
winner$0.850/M
Rank #35/167 · confidence 4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
$6.00/M
Rank #143/167 · confidence 4
Llama 4 Maverick
winner$0.475/M
Rank #40/167 · confidence 4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
$3.00/M
Rank #143/167 · confidence 4
Llama 4 Maverick
winner$0.350/M
Rank #58/167 · confidence 4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner80.9
Rank #12/70 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Maverick
31.6
Rank #57/70 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner87.5%
Rank #29/187 · confidence 4
Llama 4 Maverick
67.1%
Rank #122/187 · confidence 4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner30.0%
Rank #29/186 · confidence 4
Llama 4 Maverick
4.8%
Rank #139/186 · confidence 4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
79.2%
Rank #68/125 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Maverick
winner80.9%
Rank #55/125 · confidence 4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner57.7
Rank #60/88 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Maverick
46.0
Rank #69/88 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner46.2
Rank #16/86 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Maverick
6.8
Rank #78/86 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner75.7
Rank #26/100 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Maverick
11.7
Rank #98/100 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner46.8%
Rank #27/184 · confidence 4
Llama 4 Maverick
33.1%
Rank #120/184 · confidence 4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner46.9
Rank #30/95 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Maverick
33.1
Rank #80/95 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner32.4
Rank #18/47 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Maverick
0.7
Rank #46/47 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner49.2
Rank #33/59 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Maverick
25.8
Rank #56/59 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner83.6
Rank #13/92 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Maverick
16.4
Rank #89/92 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
65.9
Rank #58/89 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Maverick
winner87.3
Rank #21/89 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner38.0
Rank #28/89 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Maverick
24.3
Rank #60/89 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner35.9
Rank #41/98 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Maverick
14.3
Rank #83/98 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner79.9
Rank #62/95 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Maverick
67.1
Rank #78/95 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner13.2
Rank #62/95 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Maverick
4.8
Rank #80/95 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner89.6
Rank #7/62 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Maverick
2.8
Rank #57/62 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner1328.0
Rank #5/61 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Maverick
914.0
Rank #58/61 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner84.4
Rank #8/81 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Maverick
37.8
Rank #69/81 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner70.6
Rank #40/57 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Maverick
62.1
Rank #48/57 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner79.9
Rank #19/75 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Maverick
39.3
Rank #67/75 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
41.2
Rank #70/87 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Maverick
winner43.0
Rank #65/87 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner70.4
Rank #32/95 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Maverick
12.1
Rank #95/95 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Claude Sonnet 4.6
winner79.5
Rank #56/85 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-02-01
Llama 4 Maverick
17.8
Rank #82/85 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-02-28
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Llama 4 Maverick |
|---|---|---|
| No completed audits are available from shared providers yet. | ||
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Llama 4 Maverick |
|---|---|---|
10 tests | Claude Sonnet 4.6 speed / latency 46 tok/s / 6386ms input / output No data |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Llama 4 Maverick: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Guidance | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Llama 4 Maverick |
|---|---|---|
| When to choose each model | Claude Sonnet 4.6 Claude Sonnet 4.6 is stronger when you prioritize Cheapest input price, Free providers, Provider coverage, Recent tests. | Llama 4 Maverick Llama 4 Maverick does not clearly lead on the verified metrics here, so check provider-specific pricing before choosing. |
TL;DR: Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads across 129 verifiable data points, including pricing, speed, latency, benchmarks, and provider examples.
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| No data |
| Model metadata | Claude Sonnet 4.6 exposes 1M tokens; notable signals: Text input, Image input, File input, Text output. | Llama 4 Maverick exposes 1.0M tokens; notable signals: Text input, Image input, Text output, Tool calling. |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Anthropic | Meta |
| Context window | 1M tokens | 1.0M tokens |
| Max output | 128K tokens | 16.4K tokens |
| Released | Feb 2026 | Apr 2025 |
| Modalities | Input TextImageFile Output Text | Input TextImage Output Text |
| Features | Text inputImage inputFile inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning | Text inputImage inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON mode |
| Parameters | No data | 17B |
| Tokenizer | Claude | Llama4 |
| Knowledge cutoff | No data | 2024-08-31 |
| OpenRouter ID | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | meta-llama/llama-4-maverick |
| References | No data | No data |
Llama 4 Maverick
speed / latency
N/A / N/A
input / output
No data
91VIP0 tests | Claude Sonnet 4.6 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Llama 4 Maverick speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
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AI API0 tests | Claude Sonnet 4.6 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Llama 4 Maverick speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
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APDSM0 tests | Claude Sonnet 4.6 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Llama 4 Maverick speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
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CHB API0 tests | Claude Sonnet 4.6 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Llama 4 Maverick speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
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Claude Sonnet 4.6 claude-sonnet-4-6 speed / latency No data input / output $0.822/M/$4.11/M | Llama 4 Maverick llama-4-maverick speed / latency No data input / output $0.0038/M/$0.019/M |
Rankings are based on community-submitted tests and periodic health probes. Advisory only, not official data.
