Model comparison
Codellama 34b Instruct vs Mistral Medium 3.5
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.2 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 34b Instruct scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Medium 3.5 in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Medium 3.5 leads 58.5 to 28.2.
Side by side
| Codellama 34b Instruct | Mistral Medium 3.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 40.2 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 210K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 14 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.5 (#314), Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.0 (#213)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1046 | 1461 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1264 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 37.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 43.9% | — |
| MBPP+ | 56.3% | — |
Reasoning Codellama 34b Instruct leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 19.6 (#255), Mistral Medium 3.5: 17.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1032 | 1436 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 41.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 12.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 141.35 |
Math Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 31.0 (#230), Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.1 (#113)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1056 | 1431 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 34b Instruct: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: 40.0 (#126)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1432 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Codellama 34b Instruct: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: 38.3 (#65)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1223 |
Multilingual Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 25.8 (#284), Mistral Medium 3.5: 51.9 (#100)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1011 | 1404 |
| LMArena Chinese | 976 | 1442 |
| LMArena French | — | 1448 |
| LMArena German | — | 1451 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1385 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1395 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1409 |
Instruction Following Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 52.2 (#291), Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.6 (#90)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1028 | 1415 |
Long Context Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 30.9 (#284), Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#103)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1013 | 1415 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.2 (#297), Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.5 (#117)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1066 | 1421 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1032 | 1374 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1015 | 1423 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 993 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 34b Instruct better than Mistral Medium 3.5?
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.2 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 34b Instruct or Mistral Medium 3.5 better for coding?
Mistral Medium 3.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.0 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 34b Instruct and Mistral Medium 3.5 share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 34b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22.