Comparison · Updated Jul 27, 2026
Llama 3 vs Llama 4
Comparing Meta's two most recent open-weight releases.
Model A
Llama 3
8B and 70B open-weight release, later extended to Llama 3.1 and 3.2 with vision.
Apr 18, 2024
Model B
Llama 4
Meta's Llama 4 MoE family with very long context and multimodal input.
Apr 5, 2025
Differences
| Attribute | Llama 3 | Llama 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Dense | MoE |
| Multimodal | No (base) | Text + image |
| Context | 8K | Up to 10M |
Analysis
Llama 4 moves to a mixture-of-experts architecture, adds native multimodality and dramatically extends context length compared to Llama 3, though the practical usable context depends on serving infrastructure.