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Claude 3 Sonnet vs LLaMA 3.1

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Anthropic
Claude 3 Sonnet
Meta
LLaMA 3.1
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMeta
Release dateMar 4 2024Jul 23 2024
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
40.4%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapClaude 3 Sonnet shipped 141 days before LLaMA 3.1

Which is better: Claude 3 Sonnet or LLaMA 3.1?

Claude 3 Sonnet leads LLaMA 3.1 on 1 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Claude 3 Sonnet shipped 141 days before LLaMA 3.1, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

LLaMA 3.1 is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude 3 Sonnet 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 3 Sonnet released?
Claude 3 Sonnet was released by Anthropic on Mar 4 2024.
When was LLaMA 3.1 released?
LLaMA 3.1 was released by Meta on Jul 23 2024.
Is Claude 3 Sonnet or LLaMA 3.1 open source?
LLaMA 3.1 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Meta. Claude 3 Sonnet is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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