Model comparison
Codellama 70b Instruct vs DeepSeek V4 Flash
DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
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DeepSeekSummary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and DeepSeek V4 Flash in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4 Flash leads 53.7 to 20.1.
Side by side
| Codellama 70b Instruct | DeepSeek V4 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | DeepSeek |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 53.6 |
| Released | — | 2026-04-24 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 393K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.60 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 41 |
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Category by category
Coding DeepSeek V4 Flash leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#193), DeepSeek V4 Flash: 47.9 (#59)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | DeepSeek V4 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierCode | — | 18.8% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1582 |
| SciCode | — | 49.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 63% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1457 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 49.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,306 |
| HumanEval+ | 65.9% | — |
Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Flash leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 20.1 (#242), DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.7 (#30)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | DeepSeek V4 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1052 | 1444 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 61.4% |
| SimpleBench | — | 61.1% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 52.2% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 89.6% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 89% |
| CritPt | — | 16.6% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 33% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 34% |
| DTBench | — | 90.9% |
| LMCA | — | 41.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 154.49 |
Math Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, DeepSeek V4 Flash: 60.3 (#37)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | DeepSeek V4 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 57.5% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 24.4% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 76.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 94.4% |
| ProofBench | — | 56% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1427 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, DeepSeek V4 Flash: 55.4 (#48)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | DeepSeek V4 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 91% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 33.6% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1441 |
Multilingual DeepSeek V4 Flash leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.8 (#288), DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.0 (#72)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | DeepSeek V4 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 992 | 1420 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1468 |
| LMArena French | — | 1439 |
| LMArena German | — | 1418 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1406 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1384 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1428 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1436 |
Instruction Following DeepSeek V4 Flash leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 51.9 (#293), DeepSeek V4 Flash: 74.9 (#81)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | DeepSeek V4 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1024 | 1421 |
Long Context Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, DeepSeek V4 Flash: 43.8 (#85)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | DeepSeek V4 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1434 |
Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Flash leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.4 (#277), DeepSeek V4 Flash: 63.8 (#61)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | DeepSeek V4 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1057 | 1432 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1403 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1559 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1449 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than DeepSeek V4 Flash?
DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 70b Instruct or DeepSeek V4 Flash better for coding?
DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 47.9 versus 37.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and DeepSeek V4 Flash share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and DeepSeek V4 Flash has 41.