Gemini 2.5 FlashvsLLaMA 4 Maverick
Gemini 2.5 Flash | LLaMA 4 Maverick | |
|---|---|---|
| API pricingUSD per 1M tokens · lower wins | ||
Input priceWhat you pay for everything you send the model — your question, plus any documents or earlier conversation you include with it. | $0.30 | — |
Output priceWhat you pay for the text the model writes back. It is normally the dearer half: producing an answer costs more than reading one. | $2.50 | — |
Cached input priceA reduced rate for text you send over and over. If every request starts with the same instructions or the same document, the provider keeps a copy ready and charges less to read it again. | $0.03 | — |
Cheapest inputLowest input rate across third-party providers, excluding the lab itself. The cheapest endpoint may run a quantised build or a shorter context — see "Available from" on the model page. | — | $0.20DeepInfra |
Cheapest outputLowest output rate across third-party providers, excluding the lab itself. May come from a different provider than the cheapest input. | — | $0.696DigitalOcean |
| Benchmarks | ||
BullshitBench v2Nonsense detection — Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | 19% | 28% |
| Overview | ||
| Company | Meta | |
| Release date | Apr 17 2025 | Apr 5 2025 |
| Access | Proprietary | Open Weight |
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Frequently asked questions
LLaMA 4 Maverick leads Gemini 2.5 Flash on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (BullshitBench v2). Only Gemini 2.5 Flash has a verified first-party API price: $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens. No pay-as-you-go API rate is tracked for LLaMA 4 Maverick. LLaMA 4 Maverick shipped 12 days before Gemini 2.5 Flash, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Gemini 2.5 Flash is proprietary, while LLaMA 4 Maverick is open weight.
On BullshitBench v2, LLaMA 4 Maverick leads at 28% vs Gemini 2.5 Flash at 19%.
Gemini 2.5 Flash was released by Google on Apr 17 2025.
LLaMA 4 Maverick was released by Meta on Apr 5 2025.
Only Gemini 2.5 Flash has a verified first-party API price: $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens. No pay-as-you-go API rate is tracked for LLaMA 4 Maverick. Rates are pay-as-you-go API prices verified on August 18, 2026.
Gemini 2.5 Flash is a proprietary model released by Google. LLaMA 4 Maverick is an open weight model released by Meta.