Model comparison

Codellama 34b Instruct vs Gemini 4 Argon

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Codellama 34b Instruct Meta

30.8

Rank #287 Confirmed

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 34b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 4 Argon in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 71.4 to 28.2.
  • Codellama 34b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Codellama 34b Instruct and Gemini 4 Argon specifications
Codellama 34b InstructGemini 4 Argon
ProviderMetaGoogle
Noometry Index30.856.5
Released—2026-09-30
WeightsOpenProprietary
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Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1421

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.5 (#314), Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Coding10461550
LMArena WebDev—1678
FrontierSWE—55%
SciCode—61.8%
BigCodeBench Instruct29%—
BigCodeBench Complete37.1%—
HumanEval+43.9%—
MBPP+56.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: —, Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructGemini 4 Argon
APEX-Agents—82.2%
Vending-Bench 2—13,718

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 19.6 (#255), Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Hard Prompts10321548
CritPt—27.1%

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 31.0 (#230), Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Math10561536
ProofBench—99%

Knowledge Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: —, Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Expert—1553

Multimodal Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: —, Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructGemini 4 Argon
Blueprint-Bench 2—54.4%

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 25.8 (#284), Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Non-English10111523
LMArena Chinese9761610
LMArena Russian—1537
LMArena Spanish—1497

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 52.2 (#291), Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Instruction Following10281538

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 30.9 (#284), Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Longer Query10131549

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.2 (#297), Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text10661534
LMArena Creative Writing10321531
LMArena Multi-Turn10151557

Frequently asked questions

Is Codellama 34b Instruct better than Gemini 4 Argon?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Codellama 34b Instruct or Gemini 4 Argon better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Codellama 34b Instruct and Gemini 4 Argon share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 34b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 4 Argon has 21.

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