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Claude 2.1 vs LLaMA 4 Maverick

Anthropic Claude 2.1 vs Meta LLaMA 4 Maverick — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude 2.1
Meta
LLaMA 4 Maverick
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMeta
Release dateNov 21 2023Apr 5 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapClaude 2.1 shipped 501 days before LLaMA 4 Maverick

Which is better: Claude 2.1 or LLaMA 4 Maverick?

Claude 2.1 and LLaMA 4 Maverick do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Claude 2.1 shipped 501 days before LLaMA 4 Maverick, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

LLaMA 4 Maverick is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude 2.1 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 2.1 released?
Claude 2.1 was released by Anthropic on Nov 21 2023.
When was LLaMA 4 Maverick released?
LLaMA 4 Maverick was released by Meta on Apr 5 2025.
Is Claude 2.1 or LLaMA 4 Maverick open source?
LLaMA 4 Maverick is an open-source / open-weight model released by Meta. Claude 2.1 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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