Model comparison

Codellama 34b Instruct vs Mistral Large 3

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Codellama 34b Instruct Meta

30.8

Rank #287 Confirmed

Mistral Large 3 Mistral AI

39.1

Rank #176 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 34b Instruct scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Large 3 in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 3 leads 60.0 to 28.2.

Side by side

Codellama 34b Instruct and Mistral Large 3 specifications
Codellama 34b InstructMistral Large 3
ProviderMetaMistral AI
Noometry Index30.839.1
Released—2025-12-02
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.25
Output $ / M tokens—$0.75
Results tracked1424

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Category by category

Coding Mistral Large 3 leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.5 (#314), Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMistral Large 3
LMArena Coding10461448
LMArena WebDev—1230
BigCodeBench Instruct29%—
BigCodeBench Complete37.1%—
HumanEval+43.9%—
MBPP+56.3%—

Reasoning Codellama 34b Instruct leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 19.6 (#255), Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMistral Large 3
LMArena Hard Prompts10321429
Kagi LLM Benchmark—50.9%
NYT Connections (extended)—7.5%
Thematic Generalization—23%

Math Mistral Large 3 leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 31.0 (#230), Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMistral Large 3
LMArena Math10561414

Knowledge Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: —, Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMistral Large 3
Vectara Hallucination Rate—14.5%
LMArena Expert—1421

Multimodal Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: —, Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMistral Large 3
LMArena Vision—1221

Multilingual Mistral Large 3 leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 25.8 (#284), Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMistral Large 3
LMArena Non-English10111413
LMArena Chinese9761447
LMArena French—1455
LMArena German—1437
LMArena Japanese—1394
LMArena Korean—1384
LMArena Russian—1411
LMArena Spanish—1440

Instruction Following Mistral Large 3 leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 52.2 (#291), Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMistral Large 3
LMArena Instruction Following10281403

Long Context Mistral Large 3 leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 30.9 (#284), Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMistral Large 3
LMArena Longer Query10131413

Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.2 (#297), Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMistral Large 3
LMArena Text10661428
LMArena Creative Writing10321386
LMArena Multi-Turn10151429
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1412

Frequently asked questions

Is Codellama 34b Instruct better than Mistral Large 3?

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Codellama 34b Instruct or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?

Mistral Large 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Codellama 34b Instruct and Mistral Large 3 share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 34b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.

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