Model comparison
Llama 4 Maverick vs Qwen 3.6 Plus
The most significant observable difference is that Qwen 3.6 Plus supports video input, while Llama 4 Maverick does not.
Meta
Llama 4 Maverick
The bigger Llama 4 — frontier quality you can self-host.
Alibaba
Qwen 3.6 Plus
Alibaba's broad open-weights family, strong on multilingual.
Specs
| Metric | Llama 4 Maverick | Qwen 3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1.0M tokens↑ | 1M tokens |
| Input $/1M tokens | $0.150↑ | $0.325 |
| Output $/1M tokens | $0.600↑ | $1.95 |
| Modalities | Text · Image | Text · Image · Video |
| Open weights | Yes | Yes |
| Released | Apr 2025 | Sep 2024 |
How they differ
Context handling
Llama 4 Maverick
Llama 4 Maverick supports up to 1,048,576 tokens, providing extensive context for large documents or conversations.
Qwen 3.6 Plus
Qwen 3.6 Plus supports up to 1,000,000 tokens, optimized for multi-modal contexts including video data.
Cost profile
Llama 4 Maverick
Llama 4 Maverick costs $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.6 per 1M output tokens, making it a lower-cost option for text-heavy tasks.
Qwen 3.6 Plus
Qwen 3.6 Plus costs $0.325 per 1M input tokens and $1.95 per 1M output tokens, reflecting its support for more complex modalities like video.
Vision
Llama 4 Maverick
Llama 4 Maverick supports text and static image inputs, integrating image analysis into text-based reasoning.
Qwen 3.6 Plus
Qwen 3.6 Plus supports text, static images, and video inputs, enabling dynamic multimedia applications.
Open weights
Llama 4 Maverick
Llama 4 Maverick provides open-source weights, enabling developers to fine-tune or deploy locally.
Qwen 3.6 Plus
Qwen 3.6 Plus does not provide open-source weights, making it a cloud-hosted solution without local customization.
Llama 4 Maverick — what sets it apart
- +Llama 4 Maverick offers a slightly larger token context size of 1,048,576 tokens compared to 1,000,000 tokens for Qwen 3.6 Plus.
- +Llama 4 Maverick provides cost-effective pricing for text and image inputs and outputs.
- +Llama 4 Maverick allows open-source deployment, enabling greater customization.
Qwen 3.6 Plus — what sets it apart
- +Qwen 3.6 Plus uniquely supports video input alongside text and image, facilitating richer multimedia applications.
- +Qwen 3.6 Plus is designed for cloud-based usage, with closed-source deployment.
The most consequential difference is the ability of Qwen 3.6 Plus to process video input, extending its utility to multimedia-rich contexts not supported by Llama 4 Maverick.
Analysis synthesized from gpt-4o, llama-4-maverick, phi-4, etc.