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LLaMA 3.1 vs GPT-4

Meta
LLaMA 3.1
OpenAI
GPT-4
Overview
CompanyMetaOpenAI
Release dateJul 23 2024Mar 14 2023
AccessOpen WeightProprietary
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
14%
Timeline
Release gapGPT-4 shipped 497 days before LLaMA 3.1

Which is better: LLaMA 3.1 or GPT-4?

LLaMA 3.1 and GPT-4 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. GPT-4 shipped 497 days before LLaMA 3.1, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

LLaMA 3.1 is open weight, while GPT-4 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — LLaMA 3.1 and GPT-4 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

LLaMA 3.1 was released by Meta on Jul 23 2024.

GPT-4 was released by OpenAI on Mar 14 2023.

LLaMA 3.1 is an open weight model released by Meta. GPT-4 is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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