Open-Source Meta Models

Quick answer · Updated June 2026

The best open-weight Meta model is Llama 4 Maverick (18.4 intelligence) — downloadable from Hugging Face and self-hostable. Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) (14.5) and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (14.5) round out the top three.

18.4Intelligence

72 t/sSpeed

$0.150Input /M

1.0MContext

The best open-weight AI models — downloadable from Hugging Face and self-hostable — ranked by intelligence. Open-source alternatives to proprietary frontier models.

Frequently asked

What is the best open-source Meta model?

What's a good alternative to Llama 4 Maverick?

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) (14.5) is the closest alternative on this metric, followed by Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (14.5). See the full ranking above for the tradeoffs.

How many Meta models are there?

modelgrep tracks 13 Meta models with live benchmarks, speed, latency and per-provider pricing, led on intelligence by Llama 4 Maverick. 13 of them qualify for this ranking.

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