Meta: Llama 4 Maverick vs Grok 4
Meta: Llama 4 Maverick is cheaper than Grok 4 by about 99% on a blended (75% input / 25% output) basis. Meta: Llama 4 Maverick charges $0.050000 / $0.100000 per 1M input/output tokens; Grok 4 charges $3.000000 / $15.000000.
| Field | Meta: Llama 4 Maverick | Grok 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Input $/Mtok | $0.050000 | $3.000000 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.100000 | $15.000000 |
| Cache read $/Mtok | – | – |
| Cache write $/Mtok | – | – |
| Input $/Mchar | 0.015047 | n/a |
| Output $/Mchar | 0.030093 | n/a |
| Context window | 1048576 | 256000 |
| Tokenizer | llama3 | – |
Price history
Same workload, monthly cost
Illustrative monthly cost at 10M tokens/month, split per workload preset. Not a substitute for the calculator, which uses your own volume, cache and batch assumptions.
| Workload | Meta: Llama 4 Maverick | Grok 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Coding agent | $0.53 | $36.00 |
| RAG chat | $0.58 | $48.00 |
| Summarisation (batch) | $0.55 | $42.00 |
| Classification | $0.51 | $32.40 |
| Chat assistant | $0.70 | $78.00 |
| Content generation | $0.90 | $126.00 |
Cite this page
Meta: Llama 4 Maverick vs Grok 4: $0.050000/$0.100000 vs $3.000000/$15.000000 per 1M tokens, as of 2026-10-04 (Token Barometer, https://tokenbarometer.com/compare/meta_llama-4-maverick-vs-xai_grok-4-0709).
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