Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) vs Llama 4 Maverick
Which is better for the money: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) by Anthropic or Llama 4 Maverick by Meta? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.
Trade-off
Verdict
Depends on your budget
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallbac… scores 26.6 points higher (35.9 vs 9.3) but costs 11× as much to run the benchmark ($482 vs $44.0; mid-range vs budget cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallbac… when you need intelligence above 9.3, and Llama 4 Maverick when 9.3 is enough.
| Metric | Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) | Llama 4 Maverick | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 35.9 | 9.3 | −74.1% Llama 4 Maverick is 74.1% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $482.13 | $43.98 | −90.9% Llama 4 Maverick is 90.9% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 6.19s | 11.18s | +80.6% Llama 4 Maverick is 80.6% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $10.0 | $0.25 / $0.92 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Llama 4 Maverick vs Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback): 74.1% less intelligence, 90.9% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 80.6% slower end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) scores 47.80 for $361.
- Llama 4 Maverick is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Medium) scores 29.90 for $31.2.
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