Model comparison

Codellama 34b Instruct vs DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.6 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.

Codellama 34b Instruct Meta

30.2

Rank #285 Confirmed

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus DeepSeek

42.6

Rank #96 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 34b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads 61.3 to 28.4.

Side by side

Codellama 34b Instruct and DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus specifications
Codellama 34b InstructDeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
ProviderMetaDeepSeek
Noometry Index30.242.6
Released—2025-09-22
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—164K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.30
Output $ / M tokens—$1
Results tracked1416

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.0 (#310), DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 41.5 (#114)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructDeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
LMArena Coding10461426
SciCode—40.6%
BigCodeBench Instruct29%—
BigCodeBench Complete37.1%—
ALE-Bench—745.17
HumanEval+43.9%—
MBPP+56.3%—

Reasoning DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 18.8 (#250), DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 25.7 (#126)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructDeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
LMArena Hard Prompts10321427
Kagi LLM Benchmark—57.4%
CritPt—1.7%
DTBench—81.3%
LMCA—28.6%

Math DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.5 (#227), DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 35.7 (#138)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructDeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
LMArena Math10561402

Multilingual DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 25.9 (#279), DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 52.3 (#87)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructDeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
LMArena Non-English10111407
LMArena Chinese976—
LMArena Russian—1434

Instruction Following DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 52.4 (#286), DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 74.4 (#96)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructDeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
LMArena Instruction Following10281406

Long Context DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 30.8 (#279), DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 43.5 (#88)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructDeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
LMArena Longer Query10141426

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.4 (#292), DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 61.3 (#87)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructDeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
LMArena Text10661420
LMArena Creative Writing10321404
LMArena Multi-Turn10151411

Frequently asked questions

Is Codellama 34b Instruct better than DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus?

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.6 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is Codellama 34b Instruct or DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus better for coding?

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.5 versus 28.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Codellama 34b Instruct and DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus share?

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 34b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus has 16.

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