Claude 3 Sonnet vs LLaMA 3.3
Anthropic Claude 3 Sonnet | Meta LLaMA 3.3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Anthropic | Meta |
| Release date | Mar 4 2024 | Dec 6 2024 |
| Access | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | — | 70B |
| Benchmarks | ||
Science GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | 40.4% | — |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Claude 3 Sonnet shipped 277 days before LLaMA 3.3 | |
Which is better: Claude 3 Sonnet or LLaMA 3.3?
Claude 3 Sonnet and LLaMA 3.3 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Claude 3 Sonnet shipped 277 days before LLaMA 3.3, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Claude 3 Sonnet is proprietary, while LLaMA 3.3 is open weight.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude 3 Sonnet and LLaMA 3.3 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Frequently asked questions
Claude 3 Sonnet was released by Anthropic on Mar 4 2024.
LLaMA 3.3 was released by Meta on Dec 6 2024.
Claude 3 Sonnet is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. LLaMA 3.3 is an open weight model released by Meta.
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