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Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Code Llama

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Meta
Code Llama
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMeta
Release dateSep 29 2025Aug 24 2023
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
79%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
77.2%
Next.js coding
Next.js Evals
50%
Science
GPQA Diamond
83.4%
Multimodal
MMMU
68%
Timeline
Release gapCode Llama shipped 767 days before Claude Sonnet 4.5

Which is better: Claude Sonnet 4.5 or Code Llama?

Claude Sonnet 4.5 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 767 days before Claude Sonnet 4.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Claude Sonnet 4.5 is proprietary, while Code Llama is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Code Llama don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Claude Sonnet 4.5 was released by Anthropic on Sep 29 2025.

Code Llama was released by Meta on Aug 24 2023.

Claude Sonnet 4.5 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. Code Llama is an open weight model released by Meta.

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