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Llama 4 Maverick

Llama 4 Maverick is an open-weight language model from Meta, released on April 5, 2025.

Developer
Meta
Released
April 5, 2025
Total parameters
400B
Active parameters per token
17B
Architecture
MoE
Context window
1M
Input
Text, image
License
Llama 4 Community License
Commercial use
Yes, with conditions
Official weights, GB
803.2 GB
Hugging Face repository
huggingface.co
Checked on

Llama 4 Maverick is a mixture-of-experts model with 400B total parameters, of which 17B are active for each token. Meta lists a context window of 1M tokens. The model accepts text and image input.

The weights are released under the Llama 4 Community License. Commercial use is allowed with conditions. Companies whose products had more than 700 million monthly active users on the release date need a separate license from Meta. Products must display “Built with Llama”, model names derived from it must start with “Llama”, and the Llama Acceptable Use Policy applies.

The official weights on Hugging Face take about 803 GB in BF16. Running the model needs at least that much memory across GPUs and system RAM, plus room for the context cache; quantized versions need less.

Total parameters, billions
400B
Active parameters, billions
17B
Context window, tokens
1M
License type
Custom license
License conditions
Companies whose products had more than 700 million monthly active users on the release date need a separate license from Meta. Products must display "Built with Llama", model names derived from it must start with "Llama", and the Llama Acceptable Use Policy applies.
Weights precision
BF16
Official quantized or alternative versions
meta-llama/Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct-FP8
License text
github.com
Sources
PageURL
Hugging Face model pagehttps://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct (shared Llama 4 card)
Hugging Face APIhttps://huggingface.co/api/models/meta-llama/Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct?expand=safetensors
Hugging Face APIhttps://huggingface.co/api/models?author=meta-llama&search=FP8

Questions

What license does Llama 4 Maverick use?
The weights are released under the Llama 4 Community License.
Can I use Llama 4 Maverick commercially?
Yes, with conditions. Companies whose products had more than 700 million monthly active users on the release date need a separate license from Meta, and products must display “Built with Llama”.
How much memory does Llama 4 Maverick need?
The official BF16 weights take about 803 GB, and all 400B parameters must be loaded even though 17B are active per token. Meta also publishes an official FP8 version; the memory calculator checks which setups fit.
How does Llama 4 Maverick differ from Llama 4 Scout?
Both have 17B active parameters, but Maverick has 400B in total and a 1M-token context, while Llama 4 Scout has 109B and a 10M-token context.

Sources

Every figure comes from the developer’s model card, license text and official announcements, and from the model’s Hugging Face repository metadata. Each model page lists its sources and the date they were checked; the register is rechecked every week.

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