Model comparison

Codellama 34b Instruct vs Qwen3 Coder Next

Qwen3 Coder Next is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.3 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Codellama 34b Instruct Meta

30.8

Rank #287 Confirmed

Qwen3 Coder Next Alibaba (Qwen)

34.3

Rank #232 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen3 Coder Next leads 36.3 to 28.5.

Side by side

Codellama 34b Instruct and Qwen3 Coder Next specifications
Codellama 34b InstructQwen3 Coder Next
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index30.834.3
Released—2026-02-02
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.12
Output $ / M tokens—$0.80
Results tracked143

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3 Coder Next leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.5 (#314), Qwen3 Coder Next: 36.3 (#210)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructQwen3 Coder Next
SciCode—32.3%
WeirdML—34.4%
BigCodeBench Instruct29%—
LMArena Coding1046—
BigCodeBench Complete37.1%—
HumanEval+43.9%—
MBPP+56.3%—

Reasoning Qwen3 Coder Next leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 19.6 (#255), Qwen3 Coder Next: 22.4 (#196)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructQwen3 Coder Next
CritPt—0%
LMArena Hard Prompts1032—

Math Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: 31.0 (#230), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructQwen3 Coder Next
LMArena Math1056—

Multilingual Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: 25.8 (#284), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructQwen3 Coder Next
LMArena Non-English1011—
LMArena Chinese976—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: 52.2 (#291), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructQwen3 Coder Next
LMArena Instruction Following1028—

Long Context Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: 30.9 (#284), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructQwen3 Coder Next
LMArena Longer Query1013—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.2 (#297), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructQwen3 Coder Next
LMArena Text1066—
LMArena Creative Writing1032—
LMArena Multi-Turn1015—

Frequently asked questions

Is Codellama 34b Instruct better than Qwen3 Coder Next?

Qwen3 Coder Next is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.3 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Codellama 34b Instruct or Qwen3 Coder Next better for coding?

Qwen3 Coder Next scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.3 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Codellama 34b Instruct and Qwen3 Coder Next share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 34b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Coder Next has 3.

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