Model comparison

Codellama 70b Instruct vs GPT-6.1 Sol

GPT-6.1 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 65.6 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Codellama 70b Instruct Meta

33.7

Rank #237 Confirmed

GPT-6.1 Sol OpenAI

65.6

Rank #6 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-6.1 Sol in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-6.1 Sol leads 81.9 to 20.1.
  • Codellama 70b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Codellama 70b Instruct and GPT-6.1 Sol specifications
Codellama 70b InstructGPT-6.1 Sol
ProviderMetaOpenAI
Noometry Index33.765.6
Released—2026-09-29
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$10
Results tracked734

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6.1 Sol leads

Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#193), GPT-6.1 Sol: 63.2 (#8)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructGPT-6.1 Sol
DeepSWE—75.2%
FrontierCode—50.2%
LMArena WebDev—1755
SciCode—55.8%
BigCodeBench Instruct40.7%—
LMArena Coding—1487
BigCodeBench Complete49.6%—
HumanEval+65.9%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Codellama 70b Instruct: —, GPT-6.1 Sol: 39.6 (#26)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructGPT-6.1 Sol
APEX-Agents—60%
GDP.pdf—32%

Reasoning GPT-6.1 Sol leads

Codellama 70b Instruct: 20.1 (#242), GPT-6.1 Sol: 81.9 (#2)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructGPT-6.1 Sol
LMArena Hard Prompts10521466
ARC-AGI-2—94.2%
NYT Connections (extended)—95.5%
ARC-AGI-1—98.5%
CritPt—31.7%
Chess Puzzles—61%
EBR-Bench—54.3%
Mystery Game Puzzles—80%
Epoch Capabilities Index—166.09

Math Not comparable

Codellama 70b Instruct: —, GPT-6.1 Sol: 93.7 (#1)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructGPT-6.1 Sol
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—93.7%
FrontierMath Tier 4—100%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—100%
ProofBench—99%
LMArena Math—1464

Knowledge Not comparable

Codellama 70b Instruct: —, GPT-6.1 Sol: 71.8 (#4)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructGPT-6.1 Sol
GPQA Diamond—95.4%
SimpleQA Verified—73.9%
LMArena Expert—1502

Multimodal Not comparable

Codellama 70b Instruct: —, GPT-6.1 Sol: 52.7 (#5)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructGPT-6.1 Sol
LMArena Vision—1288
Furniture Assembly—80%

Multilingual GPT-6.1 Sol leads

Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.8 (#288), GPT-6.1 Sol: 54.3 (#46)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructGPT-6.1 Sol
LMArena Non-English9921438
LMArena Chinese—1477
LMArena Russian—1455

Instruction Following GPT-6.1 Sol leads

Codellama 70b Instruct: 51.9 (#293), GPT-6.1 Sol: 77.0 (#29)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructGPT-6.1 Sol
LMArena Instruction Following10241468

Long Context Not comparable

Codellama 70b Instruct: —, GPT-6.1 Sol: 44.9 (#54)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructGPT-6.1 Sol
LMArena Longer Query—1465

Writing & Preference GPT-6.1 Sol leads

Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.4 (#277), GPT-6.1 Sol: 63.6 (#63)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructGPT-6.1 Sol
LMArena Text10571447
LMArena Creative Writing—1432
LMArena Multi-Turn—1449

Frequently asked questions

Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than GPT-6.1 Sol?

GPT-6.1 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 65.6 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Codellama 70b Instruct or GPT-6.1 Sol better for coding?

GPT-6.1 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 63.2 versus 37.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and GPT-6.1 Sol share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and GPT-6.1 Sol has 34.

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