Llama 4 Maverick API Provider Benchmarking & Analysis
This analysis is intended to support you in choosing the best API provider of Llama 4 Maverick for your use-case.
Fastest
Azure (FP8)
Amazon
Parasail (FP8)
DeepInfra (FP8)
Novita (FP8)Output speed
Total 6 providers
Lowest Latency
DeepInfra (FP8)AmazonNovita (FP8)Parasail (FP8)Azure (FP8)Time to first token
Total 6 providers
Lowest Price
DeepInfra (FP8)Parasail (FP8)AmazonAzure (FP8)Novita (FP8)Blended price (per 1M tokens)
Total 6 providers
Llama 4 Maverick is available through 6 API providers, each offering different performance characteristics and pricing. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across providers.
- For output speed, the top providers are Azure (FP8) (428.0 t/s), Amazon (220.4 t/s), and Parasail (FP8) (74.8 t/s). Speed varies significantly across providers, with a 902% difference between the fastest and slowest.
- For latency, DeepInfra (FP8) (0.82s), Amazon (0.84s), and Novita (FP8) (1.15s) offer the lowest time to first token.
- For pricing, DeepInfra (FP8) (0.26), Parasail (FP8) (0.29), and Amazon (0.31) offer the lowest blended prices per 1M tokens.
- DeepInfra (FP8) offers both the lowest latency and best pricing, making it attractive for cost-conscious applications. Azure (FP8) is the fastest option for throughput-intensive workloads.
Highlights
Update: Default performance benchmarking workload has updated to 10k input tokens to better reflect production use cases. You can still select different workloads above.
Pricing
Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output
Pricing: Blended Price
Pricing: Cache Discount
Output Speed vs. Price
Speed
Measured by Output Speed (tokens per second)
Output Speed: Llama 4 Maverick
Latency vs. Output Speed
Latency
Measured by Time (seconds) to First Token
Time to First Token
End-to-End Response Time
Seconds to output 500 tokens, calculated based on time to first token, 'thinking' time for reasoning models, and output speed
End-to-End Response Time
Key Comparison Metrics & API Features
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Llama 4 Maverick providers
Llama 4 Maverick is available through 6 API providers: Novita (FP8), Azure (FP8), Amazon, Together AI, DeepInfra (FP8), and Parasail (FP8). Each provider offers different performance characteristics and pricing.
Llama 4 Maverick is currently available through 6 API providers that we benchmark and track.
The fastest providers for Llama 4 Maverick by output speed are Azure (FP8) (428.0 t/s), Amazon (220.4 t/s), and Parasail (FP8) (74.8 t/s). Output speed measures how quickly tokens are generated after the model starts responding.
The providers with the lowest time to first token for Llama 4 Maverick are DeepInfra (FP8) (0.82s), Amazon (0.84s), and Novita (FP8) (1.15s). Lower latency means faster initial response time.
The most affordable providers for Llama 4 Maverick by blended price are DeepInfra (FP8) ($0.26 per 1M tokens), Parasail (FP8) ($0.29 per 1M tokens), and Amazon ($0.31 per 1M tokens). Blended price uses a 7:2:1 cache hit/input/output token ratio.
The providers with the lowest input token pricing for Llama 4 Maverick are DeepInfra (FP8) ($0.20 per 1M input tokens), Amazon ($0.24 per 1M input tokens), and Azure (FP8) ($0.25 per 1M input tokens).
The providers with the lowest output token pricing for Llama 4 Maverick are DeepInfra (FP8) ($0.80 per 1M output tokens), Novita (FP8) ($0.85 per 1M output tokens), and Together AI ($0.85 per 1M output tokens).
Prices for Llama 4 Maverick vary up to 1.3x across providers. The most affordable is DeepInfra (FP8) at $0.26 per 1M tokens, while Novita (FP8) charges $0.33 per 1M tokens.
Output speed for Llama 4 Maverick varies significantly across providers. Azure (FP8) is the fastest at 428.0 t/s, which is 10.0x faster than Novita (FP8) at 42.7 t/s.
5 of 6 providers support JSON mode for Llama 4 Maverick: Novita (FP8), Azure (FP8), Together AI, DeepInfra (FP8), and Parasail (FP8).
4 of 6 providers support function calling for Llama 4 Maverick: Azure (FP8), Amazon, Together AI, and Parasail (FP8).
The best provider for Llama 4 Maverick depends on your priorities: Azure (FP8) offers the highest output speed, DeepInfra (FP8) has the lowest latency, and DeepInfra (FP8) provides the most competitive pricing.
When choosing a provider for Llama 4 Maverick, consider: output speed (for throughput-intensive tasks), latency (for interactive applications requiring quick first responses), pricing (for cost-sensitive workloads), and API features like JSON mode or function calling.
Yes, provider performance can vary over time due to infrastructure changes, load balancing, and updates. We continuously benchmark all providers and display historical performance trends in the "Over Time" charts.
For information about Llama 4 Maverick's intelligence, capabilities, modalities, and how it compares to other models, see the model overview page. View model overview