Model comparison
Codellama 70b Instruct vs Inkling
Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 33.7 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 Inkling in 4 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Inkling leads 65.2 to 33.4.
Side by side
| Codellama 70b Instruct | Inkling | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 44.1 |
| Released | — | 2026-07-15 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 66K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.87 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $4.68 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 41 |
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Category by category
Coding Codellama 70b Instruct leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#193), Inkling: 34.5 (#234)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierCode | — | 14% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1413 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 4.1% |
| SciCode | — | 47% |
| WeirdML | — | 32.3% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1464 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 49.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 946 |
| HumanEval+ | 65.9% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Inkling: 29.6 (#85)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 33.8% |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 25% |
Reasoning Inkling leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 20.1 (#242), Inkling: 40.4 (#56)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1052 | 1451 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 36.5% |
| SimpleBench | — | 50% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 79.5% |
| CritPt | — | 5.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 21% |
| DTBench | — | 87.5% |
| LMCA | — | 37.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 148.54 |
Math Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Inkling: 31.3 (#225)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 33.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 4.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 88.9% |
| ProofBench | — | 0% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1479 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Inkling: 55.1 (#49)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 88.3% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 40.3% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1465 |
Multilingual Inkling leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.8 (#288), Inkling: 54.0 (#52)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 992 | 1434 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1490 |
| LMArena French | — | 1458 |
| LMArena German | — | 1446 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1429 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1404 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1429 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1448 |
Instruction Following Inkling leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 51.9 (#293), Inkling: 75.1 (#71)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1024 | 1426 |
Long Context Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Inkling: 43.8 (#86)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1434 |
Writing & Preference Inkling leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.4 (#277), Inkling: 65.2 (#51)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1057 | 1441 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1387 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1611 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1226 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1436 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than Inkling?
Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 70b Instruct or Inkling better for coding?
Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.6 versus 34.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and Inkling share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and Inkling has 41.