Model comparison
Codellama 70b Instruct vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
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NVIDIASummary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads 44.0 to 24.8.
Side by side
| Codellama 70b Instruct | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 40.0 |
| Released | — | 2026-08-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#193), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 40.4 (#141)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1375 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 49.6% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 65.9% | — |
Reasoning Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 20.1 (#242), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 26.8 (#127)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1052 | 1337 |
Math Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#155)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1359 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#154)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1356 |
Multilingual Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.8 (#288), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#180)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 992 | 1295 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1359 |
| LMArena French | — | 1366 |
| LMArena German | — | 1282 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1206 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1238 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1253 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1345 |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 51.9 (#293), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.6 (#170)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1024 | 1318 |
Long Context Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#165)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1314 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.4 (#277), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#201)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1057 | 1327 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1254 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1280 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1328 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 70b Instruct or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better for coding?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 37.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18.