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Claude Opus 4.6 vs Code Llama 70B

2 vs 0 benchmarks won

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.6
Meta
Code Llama 70B
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMeta
Release dateFeb 5 2026Jan 29 2024
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
91.3%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
80.8%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapCode Llama 70B shipped 738 days before Claude Opus 4.6

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.6 or Code Llama 70B?

Claude Opus 4.6 leads Code Llama 70B on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Code Llama 70B shipped 738 days before Claude Opus 4.6, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Code Llama 70B is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude Opus 4.6 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 Opus 4.6 released?
Claude Opus 4.6 was released by Anthropic on Feb 5 2026.
When was Code Llama 70B released?
Code Llama 70B was released by Meta on Jan 29 2024.
Is Claude Opus 4.6 or Code Llama 70B open source?
Code Llama 70B is an open-source / open-weight model released by Meta. Claude Opus 4.6 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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