Maxima igadziriro yekushandiswa kwezviratidzo uye nhamba dzekutaura, kusanganisira kusiyanisa, kusanganisa, Taylor akateedzana, Laplace inoshandura, yakajairwa mutsauko equation, masisitimu emutsetse equation, polynomials, seti, rondedzero, mavheji, matrices uye matensor. Maxima anounza mhedzisiro yenhamba yakanyatsojeka nekushandisa zvikamu zvezvikamu, zvemanyorero-madiroji emanhamba uye nhamba-yemhando inoyangarara. Maxima anogona kuronga mabasa uye data mumativi maviri nematatu. Iyo Maxima source code inogona kuunganidzwa pane akawanda masisitimu, anosanganisira Windows, Linux, uye MacOS X. Iyo kodhi yekodhi yemasisitimu ese uye precompiled mabhinari eWindows neLinux anowanikwa pane SourceForge faira maneja.