Model comparison

Codellama 70b Instruct vs Falcon-180B

Codellama 70b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Codellama 70b Instruct Meta

33.7

Rank #237 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher in 2 categories and Falcon-180B in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Codellama 70b Instruct leads 33.4 to 29.1.

Side by side

Codellama 70b Instruct and Falcon-180B specifications
Codellama 70b InstructFalcon-180B
ProviderMetaTechnology Innovation Institute
Noometry Index33.732.2
Released—2023-09-06
WeightsOpenOpen
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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#193), Falcon-180B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructFalcon-180B
BigCodeBench Instruct40.7%—
BigCodeBench Complete49.6%—
HumanEval+65.9%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Codellama 70b Instruct: 20.1 (#242), Falcon-180B: 19.1 (#269)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructFalcon-180B
LMArena Hard Prompts10521007
Epoch Capabilities Index—112.13
HellaSwag—89%
LAMBADA—79.8%
PIQA—84.9%
WinoGrande—87.1%

Math Not comparable

Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Falcon-180B: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructFalcon-180B
GSM8K—54.4%

Knowledge Not comparable

Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Falcon-180B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructFalcon-180B
ARC (AI2) Challenge—67.8%
BoolQ—89%
MMLU—70.6%
OpenBookQA—64.2%

Multilingual Too close to call

Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.8 (#288), Falcon-180B: 25.2 (#286)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructFalcon-180B
LMArena Non-English9921000

Instruction Following Falcon-180B leads

Codellama 70b Instruct: 51.9 (#293), Falcon-180B: 53.4 (#286)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructFalcon-180B
LMArena Instruction Following10241047

Writing & Preference Codellama 70b Instruct leads

Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.4 (#277), Falcon-180B: 29.1 (#295)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructFalcon-180B
LMArena Text10571054
LMArena Creative Writing—1089
LMArena Multi-Turn—1013

Frequently asked questions

Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than Falcon-180B?

Codellama 70b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and Falcon-180B share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and Falcon-180B has 16.

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