Llama 2 Chat 7B
Analysis Summary
Llama 2 Chat 7B, released in 2023, scores at the very low end of current reasoning and coding benchmarks and has been thoroughly superseded by newer open-weight models.
It has essentially no place in modern business workflows requiring coding, agentic behaviour, or nuanced content generation.
Only relevant for historical comparison or constrained legacy deployments.
Assessed July 29, 2026
Editorial notes
Llama 2 Chat 7B is a legacy open model with minimal reasoning and coding ability by current standards.
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DFO Verdict
Llama 2 Chat 7B is a legacy open model with minimal reasoning and coding ability by current standards.
Benchmark scores
Magenta = intelligence · Ink = technical/agentic · Cyan = content & long-context · Grey = community benchmarks. Data: Artificial Analysis, Hugging Face.
4.3 Intelligence Index
How Llama 2 Chat 7B compares
Llama 2 Chat 7B ranks #347 of 401 AI models we track for overall intelligence. At $0.05 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 76% of comparable models.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Strongest on value. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.
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| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.05 | $0.000050 |
| Output | $0.25 | $0.000250 |
What would Llama 2 Chat 7B cost your business?
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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.
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These numbers get smaller with the right architecture.
We route routine calls to cheap models and save Llama 2 Chat 7B for the hard ones. Most clients cut their estimate by 60-80%.
Talk to our teamFrequently asked questions about Llama 2 Chat 7B
How much does Llama 2 Chat 7B cost?
Llama 2 Chat 7B costs $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.25 per million output tokens.
Who created Llama 2 Chat 7B?
Llama 2 Chat 7B is developed by Meta and was released on July 18, 2023.
