Model comparison
Codellama 34b Instruct vs Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 34b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads 51.7 to 28.2.
- Codellama 34b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Codellama 34b Instruct | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 37.8 |
| Released | — | 2025-02-05 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 14 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.5 (#314), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1046 | 1322 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 47.1% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 37.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 43.9% | — |
| MBPP+ | 56.3% | — |
Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 19.6 (#255), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1032 | 1324 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 50.1% |
| DTBench | — | 52.5% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 65.5% |
| ForecastBench | — | 57.1 |
| LiveBench | — | 54.3% |
Math Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 31.0 (#230), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1056 | 1309 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 37.4% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 58.1% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 34b Instruct: —, Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | — | 72% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 50% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1305 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Codellama 34b Instruct: —, Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1100 |
Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 25.8 (#284), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1011 | 1323 |
| LMArena Chinese | 976 | 1339 |
| LMArena French | — | 1347 |
| LMArena German | — | 1306 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1301 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1325 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1328 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1313 |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 52.2 (#291), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1028 | 1305 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 78.3% |
| IFEval | — | 82.4% |
Long Context Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 30.9 (#284), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1013 | 1320 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.2 (#297), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1066 | 1330 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1032 | 1319 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1015 | 1307 |
| WildBench | — | 79% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 34.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 34b Instruct better than Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite?
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 34b Instruct or Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better for coding?
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.9 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 34b Instruct and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 34b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32.