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Claude Opus 4.5 vs LLaMA 3.2

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.5
Meta
LLaMA 3.2
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMeta
Release dateNov 24 2025Sep 25 2024
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight
Specifications
Parameters
1B/3B
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
90%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
80.9%
Science
GPQA Diamond
87%
Timeline
Release gapLLaMA 3.2 shipped 425 days before Claude Opus 4.5

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.5 or LLaMA 3.2?

Claude Opus 4.5 and LLaMA 3.2 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. LLaMA 3.2 shipped 425 days before Claude Opus 4.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Claude Opus 4.5 is proprietary, while LLaMA 3.2 is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Opus 4.5 and LLaMA 3.2 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Claude Opus 4.5 was released by Anthropic on Nov 24 2025.

LLaMA 3.2 was released by Meta on Sep 25 2024.

Claude Opus 4.5 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. LLaMA 3.2 is an open weight model released by Meta.

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