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Bard vs LLaMA 1

Google Bard vs Meta LLaMA 1 — side-by-side specs.

Google
Bard
Meta
LLaMA 1
Overview
CompanyGoogleMeta
Release dateMar 21 2023Feb 24 2023
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapLLaMA 1 shipped 25 days before Bard

Which is better: Bard or LLaMA 1?

Bard and LLaMA 1 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. LLaMA 1 shipped 25 days before Bard, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

LLaMA 1 is an open-source / open-weight model; Bard 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 Bard released?
Bard was released by Google on Mar 21 2023.
When was LLaMA 1 released?
LLaMA 1 was released by Meta on Feb 24 2023.
Is Bard or LLaMA 1 open source?
LLaMA 1 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Meta. Bard is a proprietary model released by Google.

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