Model comparison

Codellama 34b Instruct vs Nova 2.0 Pro Preview

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

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Codellama 34b Instruct Meta

30.8

Rank #287 Confirmed

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview Amazon

33.4

Rank #244 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in coding, where Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads 40.8 to 28.5.
  • Codellama 34b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Codellama 34b Instruct and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview specifications
Codellama 34b InstructNova 2.0 Pro Preview
ProviderMetaAmazon
Noometry Index30.833.4
Released—2025-12-02
WeightsOpenProprietary
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Results tracked143

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Category by category

Coding Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.5 (#314), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 40.8 (#133)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructNova 2.0 Pro Preview
SciCode—42.7%
BigCodeBench Instruct29%—
LMArena Coding1046—
BigCodeBench Complete37.1%—
HumanEval+43.9%—
MBPP+56.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: —, Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.9 (#136)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructNova 2.0 Pro Preview
GDP.pdf—2%

Reasoning Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 19.6 (#255), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 22.4 (#194)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructNova 2.0 Pro Preview
CritPt—0%
LMArena Hard Prompts1032—

Math Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: 31.0 (#230), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructNova 2.0 Pro Preview
LMArena Math1056—

Multilingual Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: 25.8 (#284), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructNova 2.0 Pro Preview
LMArena Non-English1011—
LMArena Chinese976—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: 52.2 (#291), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructNova 2.0 Pro Preview
LMArena Instruction Following1028—

Long Context Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: 30.9 (#284), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructNova 2.0 Pro Preview
LMArena Longer Query1013—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.2 (#297), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructNova 2.0 Pro Preview
LMArena Text1066—
LMArena Creative Writing1032—
LMArena Multi-Turn1015—

Frequently asked questions

Is Codellama 34b Instruct better than Nova 2.0 Pro Preview?

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Codellama 34b Instruct or Nova 2.0 Pro Preview better for coding?

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Codellama 34b Instruct and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 34b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has 3.

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