Anthropic Claude 2.1 vs Meta LLaMA 4 Scout — side-by-side specs.
Anthropic Claude 2.1 | Meta LLaMA 4 Scout | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Anthropic | Meta |
| Release date | Nov 21 2023 | Apr 5 2025 |
| Model type | — | — |
| Open source | No | Yes |
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | — | — |
Context window | — | — |
| Benchmarks | ||
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Claude 2.1 shipped 501 days before LLaMA 4 Scout | |
Claude 2.1 and LLaMA 4 Scout don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Claude 2.1 shipped 501 days before LLaMA 4 Scout, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
LLaMA 4 Scout is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude 2.1 is proprietary.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude 2.1 and LLaMA 4 Scout don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.