Model comparison

Codellama 70b Instruct vs Gemini 3.5 Flash

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Codellama 70b Instruct Meta

33.7

Rank #237 Confirmed

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

54.2

Rank #32 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 3.5 Flash in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.5 Flash leads 62.8 to 20.1.
  • Codellama 70b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Codellama 70b Instruct and Gemini 3.5 Flash specifications
Codellama 70b InstructGemini 3.5 Flash
ProviderMetaGoogle
Noometry Index33.754.2
Released—2026-05-19
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.50
Output $ / M tokens—$9
Results tracked754

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#193), Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.4 (#49)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructGemini 3.5 Flash
SWE-bench Verified—79.3%
DeepSWE—37.4%
LMArena WebDev—1499
SciCode—53.1%
WeirdML—62.6%
BigCodeBench Instruct40.7%—
LMArena Coding—1492
BigCodeBench Complete49.6%—
ALE-Bench—911.02
HumanEval+65.9%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Gemini 3.5 Flash: 24.7 (#114)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructGemini 3.5 Flash
APEX-Agents—27.5%
GBAEval—6.7%
GDP.pdf—14%
Vending-Bench 2—5,396

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Codellama 70b Instruct: 20.1 (#242), Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.8 (#18)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructGemini 3.5 Flash
LMArena Hard Prompts10521488
ARC-AGI-2—72.1%
SimpleBench—76.7%
NYT Connections (extended)—92.6%
ARC-AGI-1—92.5%
CritPt—13.1%
Chess Puzzles—50%
EnigmaEval—25.4%
EBR-Bench—4.8%
Mystery Game Puzzles—32%
DTBench—94.7%
LMCA—47.1%
Surface Evolver Bench—58.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index—154.46
ForecastBench—59

Math Not comparable

Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.7 (#36)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructGemini 3.5 Flash
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—62.8%
FrontierMath Tier 4—26.8%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—76.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—95.6%
ProofBench—31%
LMArena Math—1504
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—39%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—14.6%

Knowledge Not comparable

Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#11)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructGemini 3.5 Flash
GPQA Diamond—92.8%
SimpleQA Verified—66.2%
LMArena Expert—1495

Multimodal Not comparable

Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#15)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructGemini 3.5 Flash
LMArena Vision—1310
Blueprint-Bench 2—33.6%
LMArena Document—1463

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.8 (#288), Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.0 (#13)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructGemini 3.5 Flash
LMArena Non-English9921476
LMArena Chinese—1526
LMArena French—1490
LMArena German—1492
LMArena Japanese—1486
LMArena Korean—1451
LMArena Russian—1493
LMArena Spanish—1480

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Codellama 70b Instruct: 51.9 (#293), Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.0 (#30)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructGemini 3.5 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following10241467

Long Context Not comparable

Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.4 (#38)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructGemini 3.5 Flash
LMArena Longer Query—1482

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.4 (#277), Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#47)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructGemini 3.5 Flash
LMArena Text10571482
LMArena Creative Writing—1470
EQ-Bench 4—1087
LMArena Multi-Turn—1481

Frequently asked questions

Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than Gemini 3.5 Flash?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Codellama 70b Instruct or Gemini 3.5 Flash better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.4 versus 37.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and Gemini 3.5 Flash share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54.

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