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Claude Opus 4.6 vs Code Llama

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.6
Meta
Code Llama
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMeta
Release dateFeb 5 2026Aug 24 2023
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
87%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
80.8%
Next.js coding
Next.js Evals
75%
Web browsing
BrowseComp
83.7%
Multidisciplinary reasoning
Humanity's Last Exam · with tools
53%
Science
GPQA Diamond
91.3%
Community preference
Arena Elo (Text)
1504
Community preference (code)
Arena Elo (Code)
1543
Timeline
Release gapCode Llama shipped 896 days before Claude Opus 4.6

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.6 or Code Llama?

Claude Opus 4.6 and Code Llama don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Code Llama shipped 896 days before Claude Opus 4.6, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Claude Opus 4.6 is proprietary, while Code Llama is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Opus 4.6 and Code Llama don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Claude Opus 4.6 was released by Anthropic on Feb 5 2026.

Code Llama was released by Meta on Aug 24 2023.

Claude Opus 4.6 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. Code Llama is an open weight model released by Meta.

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