Which is cheaper, Llama 4 Maverick or DeepSeek V3.5?

DeepSeek V3.5 is cheaper at the input + output rate combined: $0.420 versus $2.00 per million tokens.

Which has higher quality, Llama 4 Maverick or DeepSeek V3.5?

DeepSeek V3.5 has the higher AA Intelligence Index score: 81 versus 80.

Can I switch between Llama 4 Maverick and DeepSeek V3.5 via one API?

Both Llama 4 Maverick and DeepSeek V3.5 are accessible through OpenRouter's unified gateway, which lets you switch models with one API key. Phase 2 of AIpricly will add scenario-routed automatic primary + fallback chains.

Llama 4 Maverick vs DeepSeek V3.5

Side-by-side pricing, capabilities, real-world cost across common scenarios, and our editorial pick.

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Llama 4 Maverick

Meta · released 2026-01-25

Quality (AA Index)80

Input price$0.50

Output price$1.50

Context256K

Throughput220 tok/s

P50 latency0.5s

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OVERALL WINNER

DeepSeek V3.5

DeepSeek · released 2025-12-01

Quality (AA Index)81

Input price$0.14

Output price$0.28

Context128K

Throughput95 tok/s

P50 latency1.5s

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规格对比

绿色列 = 该指标获胜方

Metric	Llama 4 Maverick	DeepSeek V3.5	Verdict
Input price /百万 tokens	$0.50	$0.14	DeepSeek V3.5 −72%
Output price /百万 tokens	$1.50	$0.28	DeepSeek V3.5 −81%
Context window max input length	256K	128K	Llama 4 Maverick +2.0×
AA Quality AA Intelligence Index (0–100)	80	81	DeepSeek V3.5 +1pt
Arena Elo LMArena human-pref Elo (800–2000)	—	—	Tied
Throughput tokens per second	220	95	Llama 4 Maverick +132%
P50 latency first token	0.5s	1.5s	Llama 4 Maverick −67%
Vision multimodal		—
Function calling tool use			Tied
Reasoning mode chain-of-thought	—	—	Tied

常见场景月度费用

默认用量假设

Scenario	Llama 4 Maverick	DeepSeek V3.5
customer support 1000K req · 600/180 tok	$570	$134
chat with docs 300K req · 4000/300 tok	$735	$193
code generation 500K req · 2000/500 tok	$875	$210
voice assistant 600K req · 800/200 tok	$420	$101

Our pick

For most workloads, choose DeepSeek V3.5.

72% cheaper input price, which compounds at scale

Roughly GPT-4o-class quality at roughly 90% off. Tradeoff is region availability (Chinese provider) and slower output throughput than Western frontier tiers.

Choose Llama 4 Maverick instead if: Best open-weight alternative for self-hosted deployments. Quality lags closed-source frontier but cost-per-token via inference providers is the lowest in the table.

阅读完整深度分析

The Cheapest LLM API for Production in 2026

为何选择？通过智能路由同时使用两者

第二阶段 · 带故障转移链的网关

Set DeepSeek V3.5 as primary, Llama 4 Maverick as fallback. One key, one bill, automatic failover when DeepSeek V3.5 errors.

第二阶段预览 · 网关尚未上线该接口目前不存在。网关计划在第二阶段上线——下面只是规划中的接口形态预览，不是可用的 API。上线时会通过 newsletter 通知订阅者。

查看计划中的 API 调用形态

$ curl https://api.aipricly.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIPC_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "routing": {
      "primary": "deepseek/deepseek-v3-5",
      "fallback": ["meta/llama-4-maverick"]
    },
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "..."}]
  }'