Model comparison

Codellama 70b Instruct vs DBRX

Codellama 70b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.

Codellama 70b Instruct Meta

33.7

Rank #237 Confirmed

DBRX Databricks

29.4

Rank #311 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher in 1 category and DBRX in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in instruction following, where DBRX leads 57.5 to 51.9.

Side by side

Codellama 70b Instruct and DBRX specifications
Codellama 70b InstructDBRX
ProviderMetaDatabricks
Noometry Index33.729.4
Released—2024-03-27
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked721

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Category by category

Coding Codellama 70b Instruct leads

Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#193), DBRX: 32.9 (#266)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructDBRX
HumanEval+65.9%70.1%
BigCodeBench Instruct40.7%—
LMArena Coding—1132
BigCodeBench Complete49.6%—
MBPP+—55.8%

Reasoning DBRX leads

Codellama 70b Instruct: 20.1 (#242), DBRX: 21.4 (#222)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructDBRX
LMArena Hard Prompts10521113

Math Not comparable

Codellama 70b Instruct: —, DBRX: 24.3 (#269)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructDBRX
LMArena Math—1145
MATH Level 5—11.7%

Knowledge Not comparable

Codellama 70b Instruct: —, DBRX: 14.9 (#294)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructDBRX
GPQA Diamond—32.9%
LMArena Expert—1076

Multilingual DBRX leads

Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.8 (#288), DBRX: 29.3 (#268)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructDBRX
LMArena Non-English9921071
LMArena Chinese—1068
LMArena French—1096
LMArena German—1057
LMArena Japanese—990
LMArena Korean—993
LMArena Russian—1078
LMArena Spanish—1064

Instruction Following DBRX leads

Codellama 70b Instruct: 51.9 (#293), DBRX: 57.5 (#270)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructDBRX
LMArena Instruction Following10241112

Long Context Not comparable

Codellama 70b Instruct: —, DBRX: 33.7 (#258)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructDBRX
LMArena Longer Query—1112

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.4 (#277), DBRX: 33.6 (#275)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructDBRX
LMArena Text10571119
LMArena Creative Writing—1104
LMArena Multi-Turn—1111

Frequently asked questions

Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than DBRX?

Codellama 70b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Codellama 70b Instruct or DBRX better for coding?

Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.6 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and DBRX share?

5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and DBRX has 21.

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