Side-by-side comparison of Gemma 4 (Google · USA) and Llama 4 Maverick (Meta · USA) for self-hosted deployment of the open-weight model. Gemma 4 is rated EU-ready; Llama 4 Maverick is conditional. They part ways on licence: Gemma 4 is "Apache 2.0", Llama 4 Maverick is "Llama community".
| Field | ||
|---|---|---|
| Summary | ||
| Verdict | EU-ready Major licence shift from Gemma 2/3: Apache 2.0 across the family. 140+ languages, multimodal (text/image/audio/video on small sizes), 128K-256K context. Strong permissive default for EU deployments that need robust multilingual support. | Conditional Llama 4 flagship: MoE with 17B active over 128 experts, natively multimodal (text + images). Same Llama community licence as the family: 700M MAU cap, acceptable-use policy, 'Built with Llama' attribution. |
| Last reviewed | 2026-04-15 | 2026-04-15 |
| Open-weight | ||
| Licence | Apache 2.0 | Llama community |
| Commercial use | Yes | With caps |
| Training data | Partial | Undisclosed |
| Origin | USA | USA |
| Performance & pricing? | ||
| Quality index | 32/100 | 18/100 |
| Speed | — | 116 tok/s |
| Blended price | — | $0.50/M |
| Context window | — | — |
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