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Claude Opus 4.8 vs LLaMA 2

Anthropic Claude Opus 4.8 vs Meta LLaMA 2 — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.8
Meta
LLaMA 2
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMeta
Release dateMay 28 2026Jul 18 2023
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Agentic coding
SWE-Bench Pro
69.2%
Agentic terminal coding
Terminal-Bench 2.1
74.6%
Multidisciplinary reasoning
Humanity's Last Exam · no tools
49.8%
Multidisciplinary reasoning
Humanity's Last Exam · with tools
57.9%
Agentic computer use
OSWorld-Verified
83.4%
Agentic financial analysis
Finance Agent v2
53.9%
Knowledge work
GDPval-AA
1890
Timeline
Release gapLLaMA 2 shipped 1045 days before Claude Opus 4.8

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.8 or LLaMA 2?

Claude Opus 4.8 and LLaMA 2 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. LLaMA 2 shipped 1045 days before Claude Opus 4.8, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

LLaMA 2 is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude Opus 4.8 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Opus 4.8 and LLaMA 2 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Opus 4.8 released?
Claude Opus 4.8 was released by Anthropic on May 28 2026.
When was LLaMA 2 released?
LLaMA 2 was released by Meta on Jul 18 2023.
Is Claude Opus 4.8 or LLaMA 2 open source?
LLaMA 2 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Meta. Claude Opus 4.8 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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