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Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs LLaMA 4 Scout

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Meta
LLaMA 4 Scout
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMeta
Release dateSep 29 2025Apr 5 2025
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
79%Best
19%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
77.2%
Next.js coding
Next.js Evals
50%
Science
GPQA Diamond
83.4%
Multimodal
MMMU
68%
Timeline
Release gapLLaMA 4 Scout shipped 177 days before Claude Sonnet 4.5

Which is better: Claude Sonnet 4.5 or LLaMA 4 Scout?

Claude Sonnet 4.5 leads LLaMA 4 Scout on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (BullshitBench v2). LLaMA 4 Scout shipped 177 days before Claude Sonnet 4.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Claude Sonnet 4.5 is proprietary, while LLaMA 4 Scout is open weight.

On BullshitBench v2, Claude Sonnet 4.5 leads at 79% vs LLaMA 4 Scout at 19%.

Frequently asked questions

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

LLaMA 4 Scout was released by Meta on Apr 5 2025.

Claude Sonnet 4.5 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. LLaMA 4 Scout is an open weight model released by Meta.

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