LLaMA 4 Maverick vs o4-mini
Meta LLaMA 4 Maverick | OpenAI o4-mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Meta | OpenAI |
| Release date | Apr 5 2025 | Apr 16 2025 |
| Access | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Benchmarks | ||
Nonsense detection BullshitBench v2Given 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. | 28%Best | 8% |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | LLaMA 4 Maverick shipped 11 days before o4-mini | |
Which is better: LLaMA 4 Maverick or o4-mini?
LLaMA 4 Maverick leads o4-mini on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (BullshitBench v2). LLaMA 4 Maverick shipped 11 days before o4-mini, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
LLaMA 4 Maverick is open weight, while o4-mini is proprietary.
On BullshitBench v2, LLaMA 4 Maverick leads at 28% vs o4-mini at 8%.
Frequently asked questions
LLaMA 4 Maverick was released by Meta on Apr 5 2025.
o4-mini was released by OpenAI on Apr 16 2025.
LLaMA 4 Maverick is an open weight model released by Meta. o4-mini is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.
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