Model comparison
Codellama 34b Instruct vs Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
Codellama 34b Instruct and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.8 vs 29.9), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 34b Instruct scores higher in 1 category and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Codellama 34b Instruct leads 31.0 to 14.2.
- Codellama 34b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Codellama 34b Instruct | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 29.9 |
| Released | — | 2024-10-03 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 14 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.5 (#314), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1046 | 1218 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 37.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 43.9% | — |
| MBPP+ | 56.3% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Codellama 34b Instruct: 19.6 (#255), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1032 | 1209 |
| DTBench | — | 50% |
Math Codellama 34b Instruct leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 31.0 (#230), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1056 | 1207 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 4.6% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 34b Instruct: —, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 33% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1185 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Codellama 34b Instruct: —, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1044 |
Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 25.8 (#284), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1011 | 1215 |
| LMArena Chinese | 976 | 1231 |
| LMArena French | — | 1234 |
| LMArena German | — | 1206 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1150 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1140 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1236 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1212 |
Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 52.2 (#291), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1028 | 1199 |
Long Context Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 30.9 (#284), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1013 | 1219 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.2 (#297), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1066 | 1226 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1032 | 1218 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1015 | 1185 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 34b Instruct better than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B?
Codellama 34b Instruct and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.8 vs 29.9), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Codellama 34b Instruct or Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better for coding?
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 34b Instruct and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 34b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21.