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GPT-4o-mini Search Preview vs Llama 4 Maverick 17b 128e

This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.

Openai

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GPT-4o-mini Search Preview

Image inputTool calling

Context window

128K

128,000 tokens · ~96K words

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Llama 4 Maverick 17b 128e

Image inputTool calling

Context window

131K

131,072 tokens · ~98K words

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Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.

GPT-4o-mini Search Preview128K
Llama 4 Maverick 17b 128e131K

Llama 4 Maverick 17b 128e has about 1× the context window of the other in this pair.

Token calculator →Memory savings →

Llama 4 Maverick 17b 128e has 2% more context capacity (131K vs 128K tokens). GPT-4o-mini Search Preview is 25% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Llama 4 Maverick 17b 128e. Its 131K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 128K).

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use GPT-4o-mini Search Preview. Input tokens are 25% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

  • Long output (reports, code files)

    Use GPT-4o-mini Search Preview. Its 16K max output lets you generate complete artifacts in one request.

Full specs

Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.

SpecGPT-4o-mini Search PreviewLlama 4 Maverick 17b 128e
Context window128,000 tokens (128K)131,072 tokens (131K)
Max output tokens16,384 tokens (16K)8,192 tokens (8K)
Speed tierFastFast
VisionYesYes
Function callingYesYes
Extended thinkingNoNo
Prompt cachingYesNo
Batch APIYesNo
Release dateMar 2025N/A

Pricing matrix

Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.

ProviderGPT-4o-mini Search Preview inGPT-4o-mini Search Preview outLlama 4 Maverick 17b 128e inLlama 4 Maverick 17b 128e out
Groq——$0.200/M$0.600/M
Openai$0.150/M$0.600/M——
Sambanova——$0.630/M$1.80/M

Frequently asked questions

Llama 4 Maverick 17b 128e has a larger context window: 131K tokens vs 128K. For long documents, large codebases, or extended agent sessions, the larger context window reduces the need to chunk inputs or summarize history.

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