Model comparison

Codellama 34b Instruct vs Inkling

Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Codellama 34b Instruct Meta

30.8

Rank #287 Confirmed

Inkling Thinking Machines Lab

44.1

Rank #80 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 34b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Inkling in 7 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Inkling leads 65.2 to 28.2.

Side by side

Codellama 34b Instruct and Inkling specifications
Codellama 34b InstructInkling
ProviderMetaThinking Machines Lab
Noometry Index30.844.1
Released—2026-07-15
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—66K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.87
Output $ / M tokens—$4.68
Results tracked1441

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Category by category

Coding Inkling leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.5 (#314), Inkling: 34.5 (#234)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructInkling
LMArena Coding10461464
FrontierCode—14%
LMArena WebDev—1413
FrontierSWE—4.1%
SciCode—47%
WeirdML—32.3%
BigCodeBench Instruct29%—
BigCodeBench Complete37.1%—
ALE-Bench—946
HumanEval+43.9%—
MBPP+56.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: —, Inkling: 29.6 (#85)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructInkling
APEX-Agents—33.8%
τ²-bench Banking—25%

Reasoning Inkling leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 19.6 (#255), Inkling: 40.4 (#56)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructInkling
LMArena Hard Prompts10321451
ARC-AGI-2—36.5%
SimpleBench—50%
ARC-AGI-1—79.5%
CritPt—5.4%
Chess Puzzles—21%
DTBench—87.5%
LMCA—37.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index—148.54

Math Too close to call

Codellama 34b Instruct: 31.0 (#230), Inkling: 31.3 (#225)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructInkling
LMArena Math10561479
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—33.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4—4.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—88.9%
ProofBench—0%

Knowledge Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: —, Inkling: 55.1 (#49)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructInkling
GPQA Diamond—88.3%
SimpleQA Verified—40.3%
LMArena Expert—1465

Multilingual Inkling leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 25.8 (#284), Inkling: 54.0 (#52)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructInkling
LMArena Non-English10111434
LMArena Chinese9761490
LMArena French—1458
LMArena German—1446
LMArena Japanese—1429
LMArena Korean—1404
LMArena Russian—1429
LMArena Spanish—1448

Instruction Following Inkling leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 52.2 (#291), Inkling: 75.1 (#71)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructInkling
LMArena Instruction Following10281426

Long Context Inkling leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 30.9 (#284), Inkling: 43.8 (#86)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructInkling
LMArena Longer Query10131434

Writing & Preference Inkling leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.2 (#297), Inkling: 65.2 (#51)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructInkling
LMArena Text10661441
LMArena Creative Writing10321387
LMArena Multi-Turn10151436
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1611
EQ-Bench 4—1226

Frequently asked questions

Is Codellama 34b Instruct better than Inkling?

Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Codellama 34b Instruct or Inkling better for coding?

Inkling scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.5 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Codellama 34b Instruct and Inkling share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 34b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Inkling has 41.

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