Model comparison

Codellama 34b Instruct vs MiniMax-M2.5

MiniMax-M2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.3 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Codellama 34b Instruct Meta

30.8

Rank #287 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2.5 MiniMax

38.3

Rank #188 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 34b Instruct scores higher in 2 categories and MiniMax-M2.5 in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiniMax-M2.5 leads 53.9 to 28.2.

Side by side

Codellama 34b Instruct and MiniMax-M2.5 specifications
Codellama 34b InstructMiniMax-M2.5
ProviderMetaMiniMax
Noometry Index30.838.3
Released—2026-02-12
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—205K
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.30
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked1433

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax-M2.5 leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.5 (#314), MiniMax-M2.5: 48.1 (#58)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Coding10461381
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—75.8%
LMArena WebDev—1387
SWE-bench Multilingual—68.3%
BigCodeBench Instruct29%—
BigCodeBench Complete37.1%—
ALE-Bench—618.17
HumanEval+43.9%—
MBPP+56.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: —, MiniMax-M2.5: 30.4 (#77)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMiniMax-M2.5
Terminal-Bench—42.7%
Vending-Bench 2—-23.16

Reasoning Codellama 34b Instruct leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 19.6 (#255), MiniMax-M2.5: 17.5 (#292)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Hard Prompts10321372
ARC-AGI-2—4.9%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—55.2%
NYT Connections (extended)—16.8%
ARC-AGI-1—63.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index—146.68

Math Codellama 34b Instruct leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 31.0 (#230), MiniMax-M2.5: 26.9 (#253)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Math10561378
ProofBench—4%

Knowledge Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: —, MiniMax-M2.5: 39.2 (#135)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMiniMax-M2.5
Vectara Hallucination Rate—9.1%
LMArena Expert—1379

Multilingual MiniMax-M2.5 leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 25.8 (#284), MiniMax-M2.5: 47.1 (#152)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Non-English10111338
LMArena Chinese9761393
LMArena French—1362
LMArena German—1362
LMArena Japanese—1171
LMArena Korean—1232
LMArena Russian—1358
LMArena Spanish—1354

Instruction Following MiniMax-M2.5 leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 52.2 (#291), MiniMax-M2.5: 71.5 (#148)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Instruction Following10281353

Long Context MiniMax-M2.5 leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 30.9 (#284), MiniMax-M2.5: 37.5 (#216)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Longer Query10131366
CL-bench—11.4%
CL-bench Life—6.3%

Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.5 leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.2 (#297), MiniMax-M2.5: 53.9 (#153)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Text10661359
LMArena Creative Writing10321331
LMArena Multi-Turn10151364
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1361

Frequently asked questions

Is Codellama 34b Instruct better than MiniMax-M2.5?

MiniMax-M2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.3 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Codellama 34b Instruct or MiniMax-M2.5 better for coding?

MiniMax-M2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.1 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Codellama 34b Instruct and MiniMax-M2.5 share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 34b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.5 has 33.

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