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Claude Opus 4.8 vs LLaMA 4 Maverick

Anthropic Claude Opus 4.8 vs Meta LLaMA 4 Maverick — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.8
Meta
LLaMA 4 Maverick
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMeta
Release dateMay 28 2026Apr 5 2025
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 4 Maverick shipped 418 days before Claude Opus 4.8

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.8 or LLaMA 4 Maverick?

Claude Opus 4.8 and LLaMA 4 Maverick don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. LLaMA 4 Maverick shipped 418 days before Claude Opus 4.8, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

LLaMA 4 Maverick is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude Opus 4.8 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Opus 4.8 and LLaMA 4 Maverick 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 4 Maverick released?
LLaMA 4 Maverick was released by Meta on Apr 5 2025.
Is Claude Opus 4.8 or LLaMA 4 Maverick open source?
LLaMA 4 Maverick 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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