Model comparison
Codellama 70b Instruct vs Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 33.7 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 0 categories and Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads 64.2 to 33.4.
- Codellama 70b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 41.5 |
| Released | — | 2026-07-21 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1.05M |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.50 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 39 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#193), Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.4 (#104)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1440 |
| SciCode | — | 41.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 39% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1453 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 49.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 765.27 |
| HumanEval+ | 65.9% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#107)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 29.3% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 10% |
Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 20.1 (#242), Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#114)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1052 | 1441 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 10.3% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 60.4% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 53.5% |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 22% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 19% |
| DTBench | — | 83.5% |
| LMCA | — | 37.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 145.13 |
Math Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.9 (#264)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 26% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 0% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 71.1% |
| ProofBench | — | 13% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1433 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.1 (#72)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 83.3% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1435 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 41.1 (#40)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1268 |
Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.8 (#288), Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.5 (#63)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 992 | 1427 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1469 |
| LMArena French | — | 1451 |
| LMArena German | — | 1454 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1427 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1407 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1443 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1442 |
Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 51.9 (#293), Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 74.8 (#85)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1024 | 1420 |
Long Context Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.9 (#84)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1435 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.4 (#277), Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.2 (#57)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1057 | 1435 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1420 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1559 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1445 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite?
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 70b Instruct or Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better for coding?
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 37.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 39.