Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
MetaOpenLlama 4
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct is a vision-language model from Meta. It ranks 122 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1142±9 from 6,923 votes. Its best category is Homework (#108 of 118). License: Llama 4.
Key figures
- Developer
- Meta
- License
- Llama 4
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
No data: Captioning, Entity recognition.
Who it suits
- Overall #122 of 167: lower half; consider it mainly for cost or deployment reasons.
- Strongest category: Homework (#108 of 118).
- Open weights (Llama 4): you can self-host it.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119 |  Qwen2.5-VL-32B-Instruct Alibaba | 1152 | 1,490 | Apache 2.0 | +10 |
| 120 |  Claude 3.7 Sonnet (20250219) Anthropic | 1151 | 4,517 | Proprietary | +9 |
| 121 |  Mistral Small 3.2 (2506) Mistral | 1142 | 10,843 | Apache 2.0 | +0 |
| 122 | Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct Meta | 1142 | 6,923 | Llama 4 | |
| 123 |  Gemini 1.5 Flash (002) Google | 1141 | 7,241 | Proprietary | -1 |
| 124 |  GPT-4o (2024-05-13) OpenAI | 1137 | 23,273 | Proprietary | -5 |
| 125 | Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct (2503) Mistral | 1136 | 28,490 | Apache 2.0 | -6 |
Alternatives · More from Meta
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Muse Spark 1.3 (Max) Meta | 1308 | 5,392 | Proprietary |
| 15 | Muse Spark Meta | 1306 | 5,865 | Proprietary |
| 17 | Muse Spark 1.2 (xHigh) Meta | 1304 | 1,948 | Proprietary |
| 19 | Muse Spark 1.3 (xHigh) Meta | 1302 | 4,897 | Proprietary |
| 26 | Muse Spark 1.1 Meta | 1293 | 12,804 | Proprietary |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 |  GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai | 1294 | 16,254 | MIT |
| 34 |  Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI | 1282 | 16,368 | Modified MIT |
| 38 |  DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20260910 (Max) DeepSeek | 1278 | 4,100 | MIT |
| 39 | Gemma 4 31B Google | 1276 | 40,219 | Apache 2.0 |
| 44 | Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 |
How to read these scores
- If two scores differ by less than their ± intervals, the models are statistically close.
- Each category board is computed independently; do not compare scores across categories.
- Models with few votes move more; ranks of new entries may change.
FAQ
Where does Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct rank among vision models?
Overall rank 122 (1142); OCR rank 117 (1143); Diagrams rank 118 (1134); Homework rank 108 (1164); Creative writing rank 104 (1099); Humor rank 93 (1100); English rank 123 (1150); Chinese rank 101 (1141) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct at OCR?
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct ranks 117 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1143 (3,083 votes).
Is Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #101 of 128 (1141); English board: #123 of 167 (1150). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct open-weight?
LMArena lists its license as Llama 4, not proprietary; check the license text for commercial use.
How far is Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct has 1142, 183 points behind.
Sources
LMArena data published Oct 19, 2026.
Synced here Oct 26, 2026.
Price, context length and release date have no reliable public data here and are not shown; all figures come from snapshots, blanks are –.