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Claude 1 vs LLaMA 1

Anthropic Claude 1 vs Meta LLaMA 1 — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude 1
Meta
LLaMA 1
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMeta
Release dateMar 14 2023Feb 24 2023
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapLLaMA 1 shipped 18 days before Claude 1

Which is better: Claude 1 or LLaMA 1?

Claude 1 and LLaMA 1 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. LLaMA 1 shipped 18 days before Claude 1, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

LLaMA 1 is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude 1 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude 1 released?
Claude 1 was released by Anthropic on Mar 14 2023.
When was LLaMA 1 released?
LLaMA 1 was released by Meta on Feb 24 2023.
Is Claude 1 or LLaMA 1 open source?
LLaMA 1 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Meta. Claude 1 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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