Model comparison

Codellama 70b Instruct vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct

Codellama 70b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 6 shared benchmarks.

Codellama 70b Instruct Meta

33.7

Rank #237 Confirmed

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct Microsoft

29.7

Rank #305 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher in 4 categories and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct in 1 category; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where Codellama 70b Instruct leads 37.6 to 28.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Instruct: 40.7% for Codellama 70b Instruct and 29.6% for Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct.

Side by side

Codellama 70b Instruct and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct specifications
Codellama 70b InstructPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
ProviderMetaMicrosoft
Noometry Index33.729.7
Released—2024-04-23
WeightsOpenOpen
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Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked719

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Category by category

Coding Codellama 70b Instruct leads

Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#193), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
BigCodeBench Instruct40.7%29.6%
BigCodeBench Complete49.6%40.6%
LMArena Coding—1039
HumanEval+65.9%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Codellama 70b Instruct: 20.1 (#242), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts10521028

Math Not comparable

Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Math—1089

Knowledge Not comparable

Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Expert—984

Multilingual Too close to call

Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.8 (#288), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Non-English9921000
LMArena Chinese—1016
LMArena French—1039
LMArena German—1006
LMArena Japanese—899
LMArena Korean—856
LMArena Russian—1004
LMArena Spanish—1059

Instruction Following Too close to call

Codellama 70b Instruct: 51.9 (#293), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following10241023

Long Context Not comparable

Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query—996

Writing & Preference Codellama 70b Instruct leads

Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.4 (#277), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Text10571050
LMArena Creative Writing—1024
LMArena Multi-Turn—989

Frequently asked questions

Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?

Codellama 70b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Codellama 70b Instruct or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?

Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.6 versus 28.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?

6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.

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