CodeLlama 70B
Open SourceMeta AI · 2024-01
Open-source code generation model specialized for programming tasks across multiple languages.
Quick Facts
Parameters
70B
Context Window
100K tokens
Modalities
text, code
Open Source
Yes
License
Llama 2 Community License
Pricing
Free (open-source)
Released
2024-01
Developer
Meta AI
About
CodeLlama 70B is Meta's open-source code-specialized large language model, built on Llama 2 with 70 billion parameters. It comes in three variants: Base (general code completion), Python (specialized for Python), and Instruct (fine-tuned for instruction following). CodeLlama 70B supports code generation, completion, debugging, and explanation across popular programming languages. Its open-source nature allows developers to self-host, fine-tune, and integrate it into custom development workflows without API costs or rate limits.
Strengths
- +Open-source with permissive licensing
- +Strong multi-language code generation
- +Can be self-hosted for privacy and cost savings
- +Specialized variants for different use cases
Weaknesses
- −Requires significant GPU resources to run
- −Outperformed by newer models (Llama 4, GPT-4o)
- −No multimodal capabilities
- −Limited context compared to modern models
Best For
Self-hosted code generation and completion
Fine-tuning for domain-specific code tasks
Privacy-sensitive development environments
Offline code assistance without API dependency
Pricing
Self-Hosted
$0
- Full model weights
- Unlimited inference
- Fine-tuning allowed
API (Together/Perplexity)
From $0.20/M tokens
- Hosted inference
- No GPU needed
- Rate limits
Technical Specs
Parameters
70B
Context Window
100K tokens
Modalities
text, code
Languages
Open Source
Yes
License
Llama 2 Community License
Developer
Meta AI
Released: 2024-01
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