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Llama 4 Maverick vs Phi 4

For a typical chat reply (2,000 tokens in, 400 out), Llama 4 Maverick costs 3.2× as much as Phi 4: $0.636 against $0.196 per 1,000 requests at list price on 2026-09-28.

Llama 4 MaverickPhi 4
Input, per 1M tokens$0.188$0.07
Output, per 1M tokens$0.652$0.14
Context window1.05M16K
Classification or routing (600 tokens in, 10 out), per 1,000$0.119$0.0434
Chat reply (2,000 in, 400 out), per 1,000$0.636$0.196
Retrieval-augmented answer (8,000 in, 500 out), per 1,000$1.83$0.63
Confidence signalyesno
Tool callingyesno
BANKING77, correct of 400294not measured

Which one should carry your traffic?

If Phi 4 answers your requests as well as Llama 4 Maverick, moving that traffic saves 69% on chat-shaped requests. Averages cannot tell you whether it does for your requests. Phi 4 does not expose a confidence signal through OpenRouter, so Gimbix would test it as a full replacement rather than a first answer.

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