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Llama

Meta AI · 8 tracked releases · February 24, 2023 – April 8, 2026

At a glance

Releases tracked8
First trackedFebruary 24, 2023 — Llama 1
LatestApril 8, 2026 — Llama 5
Span1,139 days
Median gap144 days between releases
WeightsOpen throughout
Record quality6 of 8 verified · how this is judged

Release cadence

One tile per tracked release, placed in the month it shipped, so the pauses in this line are the pauses in the data. Years with nothing tracked keep their row.

  1. 2023
    1. Llama 1, Meta AI, February 24, 2023
    2. Llama 2, Meta AI, July 18, 2023
    2
  2. 2024
    1. Llama 3, Meta AI, April 18, 2024
    2. Llama 3.1, Meta AI, July 23, 2024
    3. Llama 3.2, Meta AI, September 25, 2024
    3
  3. 2025
    1. Llama 4 Scout, Meta AI, April 5, 2025Llama 4 Maverick, Meta AI, April 5, 2025
    2
  4. 2026
    1. Llama 5, Meta AI, April 8, 2026
    1

Lineage

Ordered by announcement date, and spaced by the gap between releases, so a quiet year looks like one. Lineage is not inferred from version numbers — labs do not number consistently, so the dates decide the order.

  1. Llama 1Text in and out

  2. +144 days

    Llama 2Text in and out

    from Llama 1 Context window 2K → 4KParameters 65B → 70BLicence LLaMA Non-Commercial Research License → Llama 2 Community License

  3. +275 days

    Llama 3Text in and out

    coding

    from Llama 2 Context window 4K → 8KLicence Llama 2 Community License → Meta Llama 3 Community Licensefirst evidenced: coding

  4. +96 days

    Llama 3.1Text in and out

    multilingualtool use

    from Llama 3 Context window 8K → 128KParameters 70B → 405BLicence Meta Llama 3 Community License → Llama 3.1 Community Licensefirst evidenced: multilingual, tool use

  5. +64 days

    Llama 3.2Text in and outImage input

    vision

    from Llama 3.1 Parameters 405B → 90BLicence Llama 3.1 Community License → Llama 3.2 Community Licensefirst evidenced: visionfirst evidenced: image in

  6. +192 days

    2 released the same day

    Llama 4 ScoutText in and outImage input
    Llama 4 MaverickText in and outImage input

  7. +368 days

    Llama 5

Context window over time

Only releases with a disclosed context window appear — 1 of 8 are not shown.

Llama 1 · 2023 2K tokens
Llama 2 · 2023 4K tokens
Llama 3 · 2024 8K tokens
Llama 3.1 · 2024 128K tokens
Llama 3.2 · 2024 128K tokens
Llama 4 Scout · 2025 10M tokens
Llama 4 Maverick · 2025 1M tokens

What changed

Generation to generation, from evidenced values only. A field is compared only where both releases record it — otherwise it is called out as not comparable, so a research gap never reads as a change the lab made.

Llama 1 → Llama 2 144 days

Context window
2K → 4K
Parameters
65B → 70B
Licence
LLaMA Non-Commercial Research License → Llama 2 Community License

Llama 2 → Llama 3 275 days

Context window
4K → 8K
Licence
Llama 2 Community License → Meta Llama 3 Community License
Capabilities first evidenced
+ coding

Llama 3 → Llama 3.1 96 days

Context window
8K → 128K
Parameters
70B → 405B
Licence
Meta Llama 3 Community License → Llama 3.1 Community License
Capabilities first evidenced
+ multilingual + tool use

Llama 3.1 → Llama 3.2 64 days

Parameters
405B → 90B
Licence
Llama 3.1 Community License → Llama 3.2 Community License
Capabilities first evidenced
+ vision
Modalities first evidenced
+ image in

Llama 3.2 → Llama 5 560 days

No change in any field both releases record.

Not comparable here: context window (not researched on both releases); parameters (not researched on both releases); licence (not researched on both releases); capabilities and modalities (not researched on both releases).

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