Model comparison

Codellama 34b Instruct vs GPT-5.4 nano

GPT-5.4 nano is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Codellama 34b Instruct Meta

30.8

Rank #287 Confirmed

GPT-5.4 nano OpenAI

41.9

Rank #125 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 34b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-5.4 nano in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-5.4 nano leads 55.7 to 28.2.
  • Codellama 34b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Codellama 34b Instruct and GPT-5.4 nano specifications
Codellama 34b InstructGPT-5.4 nano
ProviderMetaOpenAI
Noometry Index30.841.9
Released—2026-03-17
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—400K
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.20
Output $ / M tokens—$1.25
Results tracked1440

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 nano leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.5 (#314), GPT-5.4 nano: 43.6 (#84)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructGPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Coding10461405
SciCode—46.9%
WeirdML—49.2%
BigCodeBench Instruct29%—
BigCodeBench Complete37.1%—
ALE-Bench—1,005
HumanEval+43.9%—
MBPP+56.3%—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 nano leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 19.6 (#255), GPT-5.4 nano: 23.7 (#173)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructGPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Hard Prompts10321381
ARC-AGI-2—5.7%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—39.7%
ARC-AGI-1—51.5%
CritPt—9.3%
Chess Puzzles—30%
Mystery Game Puzzles—9%
DTBench—80.3%
LMCA—36.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index—145.81
ForecastBench—57.3

Math GPT-5.4 nano leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 31.0 (#230), GPT-5.4 nano: 40.9 (#88)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructGPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Math10561406
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—44.9%
FrontierMath Tier 4—12.2%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—87.8%
ProofBench—5%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—25.9%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—6.3%

Knowledge Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: —, GPT-5.4 nano: 41.9 (#103)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructGPT-5.4 nano
GPQA Diamond—78.5%
SimpleQA Verified—11.7%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—3.1%
LMArena Expert—1396

Multimodal Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: —, GPT-5.4 nano: 36.7 (#78)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructGPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Vision—1196

Multilingual GPT-5.4 nano leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 25.8 (#284), GPT-5.4 nano: 48.6 (#140)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructGPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Non-English10111359
LMArena Chinese9761392
LMArena French—1396
LMArena German—1367
LMArena Japanese—1343
LMArena Korean—1320
LMArena Russian—1363
LMArena Spanish—1371

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 nano leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 52.2 (#291), GPT-5.4 nano: 71.9 (#144)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructGPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Instruction Following10281362

Long Context GPT-5.4 nano leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 30.9 (#284), GPT-5.4 nano: 41.6 (#137)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructGPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Longer Query10131366

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 nano leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.2 (#297), GPT-5.4 nano: 55.7 (#142)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructGPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Text10661372
LMArena Creative Writing10321314
LMArena Multi-Turn10151382

Frequently asked questions

Is Codellama 34b Instruct better than GPT-5.4 nano?

GPT-5.4 nano is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Codellama 34b Instruct or GPT-5.4 nano better for coding?

GPT-5.4 nano scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Codellama 34b Instruct and GPT-5.4 nano share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 34b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.4 nano has 40.

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