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LLaMA 3.1 vs o3

Meta LLaMA 3.1 vs OpenAI o3 — side-by-side specs.

Meta
LLaMA 3.1
OpenAI
o3
Overview
CompanyMetaOpenAI
Release dateJul 23 2024Apr 16 2025
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapLLaMA 3.1 shipped 267 days before o3

Which is better: LLaMA 3.1 or o3?

LLaMA 3.1 and o3 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. LLaMA 3.1 shipped 267 days before o3, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

LLaMA 3.1 is an open-source / open-weight model; o3 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 LLaMA 3.1 released?
LLaMA 3.1 was released by Meta on Jul 23 2024.
When was o3 released?
o3 was released by OpenAI on Apr 16 2025.
Is LLaMA 3.1 or o3 open source?
LLaMA 3.1 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Meta. o3 is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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