Model comparison

Codellama 34b Instruct vs Qwen Plus

Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Codellama 34b Instruct Meta

30.8

Rank #287 Confirmed

Qwen Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

37.1

Rank #210 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 34b Instruct scores higher in 1 category and Qwen Plus in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen Plus leads 52.2 to 28.2.
  • Codellama 34b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Codellama 34b Instruct and Qwen Plus specifications
Codellama 34b InstructQwen Plus
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index30.837.1
Released—2024-01-25
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—33K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.40
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked1420

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Category by category

Coding Qwen Plus leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.5 (#314), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructQwen Plus
LMArena Coding10461328
BigCodeBench Instruct29%—
BigCodeBench Complete37.1%—
HumanEval+43.9%—
MBPP+56.3%—

Reasoning Qwen Plus leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 19.6 (#255), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructQwen Plus
LMArena Hard Prompts10321317
Kagi LLM Benchmark—63.3%
DTBench—81.1%
LMCA—24%

Math Codellama 34b Instruct leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 31.0 (#230), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructQwen Plus
LMArena Math10561326
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—17.8%
MATH Level 5—65.3%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1.7%

Knowledge Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: —, Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructQwen Plus
GPQA Diamond—48.1%
LMArena Expert—1328

Multilingual Qwen Plus leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 25.8 (#284), Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructQwen Plus
LMArena Non-English10111310
LMArena Chinese9761347
LMArena Japanese—1251
LMArena Russian—1323

Instruction Following Qwen Plus leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 52.2 (#291), Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructQwen Plus
LMArena Instruction Following10281303

Long Context Qwen Plus leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 30.9 (#284), Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructQwen Plus
LMArena Longer Query10131324

Writing & Preference Qwen Plus leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.2 (#297), Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructQwen Plus
LMArena Text10661326
LMArena Creative Writing10321293
LMArena Multi-Turn10151336

Frequently asked questions

Is Codellama 34b Instruct better than Qwen Plus?

Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Codellama 34b Instruct or Qwen Plus better for coding?

Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Codellama 34b Instruct and Qwen Plus share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 34b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.

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