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Claude Sonnet 4 vs LLaMA 4 Maverick

2 vs 0 benchmarks won

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4
Meta
LLaMA 4 Maverick
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMeta
Release dateMay 22 2025Apr 5 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
75.4%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
72.7%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapLLaMA 4 Maverick shipped 47 days before Claude Sonnet 4

Which is better: Claude Sonnet 4 or LLaMA 4 Maverick?

Claude Sonnet 4 leads LLaMA 4 Maverick on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). LLaMA 4 Maverick shipped 47 days before Claude Sonnet 4, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

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

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Sonnet 4 released?
Claude Sonnet 4 was released by Anthropic on May 22 2025.
When was LLaMA 4 Maverick released?
LLaMA 4 Maverick was released by Meta on Apr 5 2025.
Is Claude Sonnet 4 or LLaMA 4 Maverick open source?
LLaMA 4 Maverick is an open-source / open-weight model released by Meta. Claude Sonnet 4 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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