Model comparison
Codellama 34b Instruct vs Mistral Small 3
Codellama 34b Instruct and Mistral Small 3 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.8 vs 31.2), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 34b Instruct scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Small 3 in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Codellama 34b Instruct leads 31.0 to 16.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Instruct: 29% for Codellama 34b Instruct and 45.3% for Mistral Small 3.
Side by side
| Codellama 34b Instruct | Mistral Small 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 31.2 |
| Released | — | 2025-01-30 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 33K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.08 |
| Results tracked | 14 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Small 3 leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.5 (#314), Mistral Small 3: 36.5 (#207)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29% | 45.3% |
| LMArena Coding | 1046 | 1246 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 37.1% | 50.4% |
| HumanEval+ | 43.9% | — |
| MBPP+ | 56.3% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Codellama 34b Instruct: 19.6 (#255), Mistral Small 3: 18.9 (#273)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1032 | 1233 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 127.07 |
Math Codellama 34b Instruct leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 31.0 (#230), Mistral Small 3: 16.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1056 | 1240 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 6.7% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 34b Instruct: —, Mistral Small 3: 25.1 (#263)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 47.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 25.2% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1202 |
Multilingual Mistral Small 3 leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 25.8 (#284), Mistral Small 3: 37.3 (#236)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1011 | 1198 |
| LMArena Chinese | 976 | 1204 |
| LMArena French | — | 1203 |
| LMArena German | — | 1211 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1111 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1188 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1216 |
Instruction Following Mistral Small 3 leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 52.2 (#291), Mistral Small 3: 63.7 (#229)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1028 | 1214 |
Long Context Mistral Small 3 leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 30.9 (#284), Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#211)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1013 | 1246 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Small 3 leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.2 (#297), Mistral Small 3: 32.2 (#280)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1066 | 1234 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1032 | 1195 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1015 | 1217 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 707 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 34b Instruct better than Mistral Small 3?
Codellama 34b Instruct and Mistral Small 3 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.8 vs 31.2), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Codellama 34b Instruct or Mistral Small 3 better for coding?
Mistral Small 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.5 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 34b Instruct and Mistral Small 3 share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 34b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3 has 24.