Meta: Llama 4 Maverick vs OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra
Meta: Llama 4 Maverick is cheaper than OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra by about 100% on a blended (75% input / 25% output) basis. Meta: Llama 4 Maverick charges $0.050000 / $0.100000 per 1M input/output tokens; OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra charges $10.000000 / $50.000000.
| Field | Meta: Llama 4 Maverick | OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| Input $/Mtok | $0.050000 | $10.000000 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.100000 | $50.000000 |
| Cache read $/Mtok | – | $1.000000 |
| Cache write $/Mtok | – | $12.500000 |
| Input $/Mchar | 0.015047 | 2.817139 |
| Output $/Mchar | 0.030093 | 14.085697 |
| Context window | 1048576 | 1050000 |
| Tokenizer | llama3 | o200k |
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 | OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| Coding agent | $0.53 | $120.00 |
| RAG chat | $0.58 | $160.00 |
| Summarisation (batch) | $0.55 | $140.00 |
| Classification | $0.51 | $108.00 |
| Chat assistant | $0.70 | $260.00 |
| Content generation | $0.90 | $420.00 |
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Meta: Llama 4 Maverick vs OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra: $0.050000/$0.100000 vs $10.000000/$50.000000 per 1M tokens, as of 2026-10-04 (Token Barometer, https://tokenbarometer.com/compare/meta_llama-4-maverick-vs-openai_gpt-6-astra).
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