Llama 1

Meta AI · · 295 days after OPT-175B

Partially verified

2 of 3 published values traced to a source1 primary source, 1 archived

Why this status

Cited to the lab's own announcement. Not verified because the context window could not be found in any cited primary source — the value may be correct, but this dataset cannot yet show where it came from.

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Open foundation models from 7B to 65B parameters that ignited the open-source LLM ecosystem.

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Details

ReleasedFebruary 24, 2023
stated in ai.meta.com

Llama 1 was released on February 24, 2023.

CompanyMeta AI
FamilyLlama
Lineagebefore Llama 2
EraThe assistant boom
TypeLanguage model · LLM
ModalitiesText → Text
CapabilitiesNot recorded
WeightsOpen weights
LicenceLLaMA Non-Commercial Research License
Context window2K tokens
Parameters65B
stated in ai.meta.com

Llama 1 has 65,000,000,000 parameters.

Current information, elsewhere

This record is a historical one: every figure above is traced to a dated primary source. For what is true today — live pricing, current rankings, availability — these are better maintained than anything here could be.

Sources

Record status: partly verified · confidence 75/100 · 1 of 1 primary

Cited to the lab's own announcement. Not verified because the context window could not be found in any cited primary source — the value may be correct, but this dataset cannot yet show where it came from.

Primary means published by the organisation that made the model. Verified records require at least one.

Llama family

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

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