Model comparison
Codellama 70b Instruct vs Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 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 0 categories and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo in 5 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads 51.4 to 24.8.
Side by side
| Codellama 70b Instruct | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Moonshot AI |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 45.8 |
| Released | — | 2025-11-06 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 7 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#193), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 38.4 (#178)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1322 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1454 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 49.6% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 65.9% | — |
Reasoning Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 20.1 (#242), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 32.5 (#75)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1052 | 1428 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
Math Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 47.4 (#68)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 83.1% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1429 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#69)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 84.2% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1439 |
Multilingual Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.8 (#288), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.4 (#109)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 992 | 1398 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1456 |
| LMArena French | — | 1425 |
| LMArena German | — | 1390 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1357 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1330 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1391 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1406 |
Instruction Following Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 51.9 (#293), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 74.0 (#109)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1024 | 1403 |
Long Context Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#102)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1415 |
Writing & Preference Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.4 (#277), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.0 (#104)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1057 | 1415 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1374 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1414 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo?
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 70b Instruct or Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (37.6 vs 38.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has 21.