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.
Summary
- The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen3 Coder Next leads 36.3 to 28.5.
Side by side
| Codellama 34b Instruct | Qwen3 Coder Next | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 34.3 |
| Released | — | 2026-02-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.12 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.80 |
| Results tracked | 14 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 Coder Next leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.5 (#314), Qwen3 Coder Next: 36.3 (#210)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 32.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 34.4% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1046 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 37.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 43.9% | — |
| MBPP+ | 56.3% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3 Coder Next leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 19.6 (#255), Qwen3 Coder Next: 22.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1032 | — |
Math Not comparable
Codellama 34b Instruct: 31.0 (#230), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1056 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Codellama 34b Instruct: 25.8 (#284), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1011 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 976 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Codellama 34b Instruct: 52.2 (#291), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1028 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Codellama 34b Instruct: 30.9 (#284), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1013 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.2 (#297), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1066 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1032 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1015 | — |
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.