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Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs LLaMA 2

Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Meta LLaMA 2 — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Meta
LLaMA 2
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMeta
Release dateSep 29 2025Jul 18 2023
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
77.2%
Science
GPQA Diamond
83.4%
Multimodal
MMMU
68%
Timeline
Release gapLLaMA 2 shipped 804 days before Claude Sonnet 4.5

Which is better: Claude Sonnet 4.5 or LLaMA 2?

Claude Sonnet 4.5 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 804 days before Claude Sonnet 4.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

LLaMA 2 is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude Sonnet 4.5 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Sonnet 4.5 and LLaMA 2 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Sonnet 4.5 released?
Claude Sonnet 4.5 was released by Anthropic on Sep 29 2025.
When was LLaMA 2 released?
LLaMA 2 was released by Meta on Jul 18 2023.
Is Claude Sonnet 4.5 or LLaMA 2 open source?
LLaMA 2 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Meta. Claude Sonnet 4.5 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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