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Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs LLaMA 3.1

2 vs 0 benchmarks won

Anthropic
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Meta
LLaMA 3.1
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMeta
Release dateFeb 24 2025Jul 23 2024
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
68%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
62.3%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapLLaMA 3.1 shipped 216 days before Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Which is better: Claude 3.7 Sonnet or LLaMA 3.1?

Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads LLaMA 3.1 on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). LLaMA 3.1 shipped 216 days before Claude 3.7 Sonnet, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

LLaMA 3.1 is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude 3.7 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 3.7 Sonnet released?
Claude 3.7 Sonnet was released by Anthropic on Feb 24 2025.
When was LLaMA 3.1 released?
LLaMA 3.1 was released by Meta on Jul 23 2024.
Is Claude 3.7 Sonnet or LLaMA 3.1 open source?
LLaMA 3.1 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Meta. Claude 3.7 Sonnet is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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