Model comparison

Codellama 34b Instruct vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Codellama 34b Instruct Meta

30.8

Rank #287 Confirmed

Nemotron 3 Ultra NVIDIA

42.5

Rank #113 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 34b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3 Ultra in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nemotron 3 Ultra leads 66.3 to 28.2.

Side by side

Codellama 34b Instruct and Nemotron 3 Ultra specifications
Codellama 34b InstructNemotron 3 Ultra
ProviderMetaNVIDIA
Noometry Index30.842.5
Released—2026-06-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.50
Output $ / M tokens—$2.20
Results tracked1430

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Category by category

Coding Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.5 (#314), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 38.1 (#182)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructNemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Coding10461468
FrontierCode—13.6%
SciCode—40.3%
WeirdML—43.5%
BigCodeBench Instruct29%—
BigCodeBench Complete37.1%—
HumanEval+43.9%—
MBPP+56.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: —, Nemotron 3 Ultra: 23.4 (#126)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructNemotron 3 Ultra
APEX-Agents—22.7%

Reasoning Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 19.6 (#255), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 31.0 (#82)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructNemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Hard Prompts10321452
CritPt—3.1%
Chess Puzzles—12%
Mystery Game Puzzles—20%
DTBench—90.1%
LMCA—36.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index—146.17

Math Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 31.0 (#230), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 35.3 (#187)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructNemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Math10561457
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—86.7%
ProofBench—2%

Knowledge Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: —, Nemotron 3 Ultra: 52.5 (#61)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructNemotron 3 Ultra
GPQA Diamond—85.4%
LMArena Expert—1472

Multilingual Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 25.8 (#284), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 53.5 (#64)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructNemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Non-English10111427
LMArena Chinese9761497
LMArena French—1472
LMArena German—1471
LMArena Korean—1386
LMArena Russian—1417
LMArena Spanish—1454

Instruction Following Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 52.2 (#291), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 74.7 (#88)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructNemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Instruction Following10281418

Long Context Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 30.9 (#284), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 43.9 (#81)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructNemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Longer Query10131437

Writing & Preference Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.2 (#297), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 66.3 (#36)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructNemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text10661445
LMArena Creative Writing10321398
LMArena Multi-Turn10151411
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1692

Frequently asked questions

Is Codellama 34b Instruct better than Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Codellama 34b Instruct or Nemotron 3 Ultra better for coding?

Nemotron 3 Ultra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.1 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Codellama 34b Instruct and Nemotron 3 Ultra share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 34b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Ultra has 30.

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