Model comparison
Codellama 70b Instruct vs Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
Codellama 70b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher in 2 categories and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads 38.5 to 24.8.
- Codellama 70b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 29.9 |
| Released | — | 2024-10-03 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 7 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Codellama 70b Instruct leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#193), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1218 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 49.6% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 65.9% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Codellama 70b Instruct: 20.1 (#242), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1052 | 1209 |
| DTBench | — | 50% |
Math Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 4.6% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1207 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 33% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1185 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1044 |
Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.8 (#288), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 992 | 1215 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1231 |
| LMArena French | — | 1234 |
| LMArena German | — | 1206 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1150 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1140 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1236 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1212 |
Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 51.9 (#293), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1024 | 1199 |
Long Context Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1219 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.4 (#277), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1057 | 1226 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1218 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1185 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B?
Codellama 70b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 70b Instruct or Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better for coding?
Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.6 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21.