Model comparison

Codellama 34b Instruct vs MiniMax-M2.7

MiniMax-M2.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Codellama 34b Instruct Meta

30.8

Rank #287 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2.7 MiniMax

37.7

Rank #196 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 34b Instruct scores higher in 1 category and MiniMax-M2.7 in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiniMax-M2.7 leads 58.9 to 28.2.

Side by side

Codellama 34b Instruct and MiniMax-M2.7 specifications
Codellama 34b InstructMiniMax-M2.7
ProviderMetaMiniMax
Noometry Index30.837.7
Released—2026-03-18
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—205K
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.30
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked1430

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax-M2.7 leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.5 (#314), MiniMax-M2.7: 41.8 (#120)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Coding10461454
LMArena WebDev—1398
SciCode—47%
WeirdML—37%
BigCodeBench Instruct29%—
BigCodeBench Complete37.1%—
ALE-Bench—599.25
HumanEval+43.9%—
MBPP+56.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: —, MiniMax-M2.7: 25.1 (#111)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMiniMax-M2.7
Terminal-Bench—45.1%
ExploitBench—13.3%
GBAEval—0%

Reasoning Too close to call

Codellama 34b Instruct: 19.6 (#255), MiniMax-M2.7: 19.7 (#253)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Hard Prompts10321422
NYT Connections (extended)—24.7%
CritPt—0.6%
Thematic Generalization—39.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—145.85

Math Codellama 34b Instruct leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 31.0 (#230), MiniMax-M2.7: 25.9 (#263)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Math10561420
ProofBench—3%

Knowledge Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: —, MiniMax-M2.7: 37.7 (#152)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMiniMax-M2.7
Vectara Hallucination Rate—12.9%
LMArena Expert—1444

Multilingual MiniMax-M2.7 leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 25.8 (#284), MiniMax-M2.7: 50.3 (#123)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Non-English10111382
LMArena Chinese9761441
LMArena French—1421
LMArena German—1398
LMArena Japanese—1262
LMArena Korean—1313
LMArena Russian—1383
LMArena Spanish—1403

Instruction Following MiniMax-M2.7 leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 52.2 (#291), MiniMax-M2.7: 74.1 (#103)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Instruction Following10281405

Long Context MiniMax-M2.7 leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 30.9 (#284), MiniMax-M2.7: 43.3 (#99)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Longer Query10131419

Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.7 leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.2 (#297), MiniMax-M2.7: 58.9 (#112)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Text10661405
LMArena Creative Writing10321354
LMArena Multi-Turn10151412

Frequently asked questions

Is Codellama 34b Instruct better than MiniMax-M2.7?

MiniMax-M2.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Codellama 34b Instruct or MiniMax-M2.7 better for coding?

MiniMax-M2.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Codellama 34b Instruct and MiniMax-M2.7 share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 34b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.7 has 30.

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