Model comparison
Codellama 70b Instruct vs Granite 3.1 8b Instruct
Codellama 70b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.3 to 31.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher in 1 category and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct in 4 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads 58.9 to 52.1.
Side by side
| Codellama 70b Instruct | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 33.3 | 31.8 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 7 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Codellama 70b Instruct leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.0 (#189), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 33.9 (#232)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1186 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 49.6% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 65.9% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 23.9 (#113)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.1% |
Reasoning Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 19.2 (#241), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 21.2 (#204)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1052 | 1146 |
Math Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.4 (#210)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1152 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.6 (#218)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1142 |
Multilingual Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.9 (#283), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#255)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 992 | 1099 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1145 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1092 |
Instruction Following Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 52.1 (#288), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 58.9 (#254)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1024 | 1131 |
Long Context Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.2 (#236)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1162 |
Writing & Preference Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.6 (#272), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.7 (#261)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1057 | 1150 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1129 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1108 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than Granite 3.1 8b Instruct?
Codellama 70b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.3 to 31.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 70b Instruct or Granite 3.1 8b Instruct better for coding?
Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 33.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has 13.