Gemini 1.5 Pro vs Llama 4 Maverick

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, capabilities, benchmarks, and use case fit.

G

Gemini 1.5 Pro

Google

Overall 87

standard

M

Llama 4 Maverick

Meta

Overall 86

standard

Capability radar

Normalized coding, reasoning, writing, vision, context, and value

Gemini 1.5 ProLlama 4 Maverick

Comparison of Gemini 1.5 Pro vs Llama 4 Maverick
Metric	Gemini 1.5 Pro	Llama 4 Maverick
Input Price / 1M	$1.25	$0.20
Output Price / 1M	$5.00	$0.60
Combined Price / 1M	$6.25	$0.80
Context Window	2,097,152	1,000,000
Coding Score	86	87
Reasoning Score	87	88
Vision Score	88	85
Audio	No	No
Streaming	Yes	Yes
Function Calling	Yes	Yes
Latency Tier	standard	standard
Release Date	2/15/2024	3/5/2025

Gemini 1.5 Pro — Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

2M context
Mature API
Good document processing

Weaknesses

Being superseded by 2.5 series

Llama 4 Maverick — Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

1M open context
Multimodal
Very low API cost

Weaknesses

Newer ecosystem
Variable hosted quality

Use Case Verdicts

Coding

Llama 4 Maverick

Llama 4 Maverick scores 87 vs 86 on coding benchmarks.

General Chat

Gemini 1.5 Pro leads on writing quality (85 vs 82).

Long Context

Gemini 1.5 Pro offers 2.1M tokens vs 1M.

Cost Efficiency

Llama 4 Maverick

Llama 4 Maverick is cheaper at $0.80/M combined vs $6.25/M.

Enterprise Use

Gemini 1.5 Pro combines strong reasoning, tooling, and context for enterprise workloads.

Agent Workflows

Llama 4 Maverick

Llama 4 Maverick is better suited for agentic workflows with tool use and coding capability.