Claude Instant 1.2 and LLaMA 1 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. LLaMA 1 shipped 166 days before Claude Instant 1.2, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Claude Instant 1.2 is proprietary, while LLaMA 1 is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Instant 1.2 and LLaMA 1 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.