Model comparison

Codellama 34b Instruct vs Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Codellama 34b Instruct Meta

30.8

Rank #287 Confirmed

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo Moonshot AI

45.8

Rank #70 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 34b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads 60.0 to 28.2.

Side by side

Codellama 34b Instruct and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo specifications
Codellama 34b InstructKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
ProviderMetaMoonshot AI
Noometry Index30.845.8
Released—2025-11-06
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1421

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.5 (#314), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 38.4 (#178)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Coding10461454
LMArena WebDev—1322
BigCodeBench Instruct29%—
BigCodeBench Complete37.1%—
HumanEval+43.9%—
MBPP+56.3%—

Reasoning Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 19.6 (#255), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 32.5 (#75)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Hard Prompts10321428
Chess Puzzles—20%

Math Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 31.0 (#230), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 47.4 (#68)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Math10561429
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—83.1%

Knowledge Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: —, Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#69)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
GPQA Diamond—84.2%
LMArena Expert—1439

Multilingual Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 25.8 (#284), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.4 (#109)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Non-English10111398
LMArena Chinese9761456
LMArena French—1425
LMArena German—1390
LMArena Japanese—1357
LMArena Korean—1330
LMArena Russian—1391
LMArena Spanish—1406

Instruction Following Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 52.2 (#291), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 74.0 (#109)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Instruction Following10281403

Long Context Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 30.9 (#284), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#102)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Longer Query10131415

Writing & Preference Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.2 (#297), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.0 (#104)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Text10661415
LMArena Creative Writing10321374
LMArena Multi-Turn10151414

Frequently asked questions

Is Codellama 34b Instruct better than Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo?

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Codellama 34b Instruct or Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo better for coding?

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.4 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Codellama 34b Instruct and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 34b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has 21.

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