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Bard vs LLaMA 3.1

Google Bard vs Meta LLaMA 3.1 — side-by-side specs.

Google
Bard
Meta
LLaMA 3.1
Overview
CompanyGoogleMeta
Release dateMar 21 2023Jul 23 2024
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapBard shipped 490 days before LLaMA 3.1

Which is better: Bard or LLaMA 3.1?

Bard and LLaMA 3.1 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Bard shipped 490 days before LLaMA 3.1, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

LLaMA 3.1 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 3.1 released?
LLaMA 3.1 was released by Meta on Jul 23 2024.
Is Bard or LLaMA 3.1 open source?
LLaMA 3.1 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Meta. Bard is a proprietary model released by Google.

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