Model comparison
Codellama 34b Instruct vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
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NVIDIASummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 34b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads 48.5 to 28.2.
Side by side
| Codellama 34b Instruct | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 40.0 |
| Released | — | 2026-08-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 14 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.5 (#314), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 40.4 (#141)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1046 | 1375 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 37.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 43.9% | — |
| MBPP+ | 56.3% | — |
Reasoning Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 19.6 (#255), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 26.8 (#127)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1032 | 1337 |
Math Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 31.0 (#230), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#155)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1056 | 1359 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 34b Instruct: —, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#154)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1356 |
Multilingual Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 25.8 (#284), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#180)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1011 | 1295 |
| LMArena Chinese | 976 | 1359 |
| LMArena French | — | 1366 |
| LMArena German | — | 1282 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1206 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1238 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1253 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1345 |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 52.2 (#291), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.6 (#170)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1028 | 1318 |
Long Context Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 30.9 (#284), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#165)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1013 | 1314 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.2 (#297), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#201)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1066 | 1327 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1032 | 1254 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1015 | 1328 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1280 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 34b Instruct better than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 34b Instruct or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better for coding?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 34b Instruct and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 34b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18.