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Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs LLaMA 3.1

2 vs 0 benchmarks won

Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Meta
LLaMA 3.1
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMeta
Release dateJun 20 2024Jul 23 2024
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
59.4%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
33.4%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapClaude 3.5 Sonnet shipped 33 days before LLaMA 3.1

Which is better: Claude 3.5 Sonnet or LLaMA 3.1?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads LLaMA 3.1 on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Claude 3.5 Sonnet shipped 33 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 3.5 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 3.5 Sonnet released?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet was released by Anthropic on Jun 20 2024.
When was LLaMA 3.1 released?
LLaMA 3.1 was released by Meta on Jul 23 2024.
Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet or LLaMA 3.1 open source?
LLaMA 3.1 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Meta. Claude 3.5 Sonnet is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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