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Llama vs Claude

Side by side comparison of capabilities, pricing and version history

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Llama

by Meta

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Claude

by Anthropic

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Overall Score

🏆 Llama leads 4 - 1

Based on 6 capability dimensions

Quick Facts

Latest VersionLlama 3.3Claude Sonnet 4.6
Context Window128,000 tokens200,000 tokens
PricingFree open sourceN/A
Versions Documented46

Capabilities

LlamaClaude
SpeedTied
7/10
7/10
CodingLeft wins
9/10
8/10
MemoryLeft wins
7/10
0/10
Tool UseRight wins
7/10
8/10
ReasoningLeft wins
9/10
7/10
MultimodalLeft wins
1/10
0/10

Llama History

4 versions

Llama 3.3Dec 2024

Latest Llama release. Improved reasoning and instruction following. More efficient than previous versions.

Llama 3.1 405BJul 2024

Largest open source model. Matches GPT-4 on benchmarks. 128K context. Multilingual support.

Llama 2Jul 2023

Commercial use allowed. Improved safety and performance. Partnership with Microsoft for Azure hosting.

Llama 1Feb 2023

Meta releases first open source LLM. Available in 7B to 65B parameters. Research only license.

Claude History

6 versions

Claude Sonnet 4.6Feb 2026

Anthropic introduced Claude Sonnet 4.6, described as delivering frontier performance across coding, agents, and professional work at scale. This represents a new version in the Sonnet model line.

Claude 3.7 SonnetFeb 2025

Extended thinking mode introduced. Biggest leap in coding and reasoning. Computer use improved.

Claude 3.5 SonnetJun 2024

Outperforms Claude 3 Opus at twice the speed. Sets new benchmark for coding tasks.

Claude 3 OpusMar 2024

Most capable Claude model at launch. Beats GPT-4 on most benchmarks. Three tier family introduced.

Claude 2.0Jul 2023

Major upgrade. Context window expanded to 100K tokens. Improved reasoning and safer responses.

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