Qwen 3.6 Flash vs Llama 4 Maverick: cost comparison
Prices updated 2026-10-27 · computed from live provider data
Short answer: Llama 4 Maverick is cheaper on a
3:1 input/output blend — $0.304 per million tokens versus
$0.422, a 28% difference.
Qwen 3.6 Flash offers the larger context window at 1,000,000 tokens, against 524,288 for Llama 4 Maverick.
Head to head
| Qwen 3.6 Flash | Llama 4 Maverick | |
|---|---|---|
| Input, per 1M tokens | $0.188 | $0.188 |
| Output, per 1M tokens | $1.12 | $0.652 |
| Blended 3:1, per 1M | $0.422 | $0.304 |
| Context window | 1,000,000 | 524,288 |
| Vendor | qwen | meta-llama |
Monthly cost at real volumes
| Workload (input / output) | Qwen 3.6 Flash | Llama 4 Maverick |
|---|---|---|
| 1M in / 250K out | $0.469 | $0.351 |
| 10M in / 2.5M out | $4.69 | $3.51 |
| 100M in / 25M out | $46.88 | $35.06 |
Which should you pick?
Pick Qwen 3.6 Flash when you need the longer context window (1,000,000 vs 524,288 tokens). Pick Llama 4 Maverick when price per token dominates your workload — high-volume classification, extraction, or batch summarisation.