Model comparison
Codellama 70b Instruct vs Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Codellama 70b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.3 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Meta
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen2.5 7B Instruct leads 48.8 to 33.6.
Side by side
| Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.3 | 28.6 |
| Released | — | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.17 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Codellama 70b Instruct leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.0 (#189), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 35.9 (#204)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.7% | 37.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 49.6% | 46.1% |
| HumanEval+ | 65.9% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 23.5 (#117)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | — | 7.8% |
Reasoning Codellama 70b Instruct leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 19.2 (#241), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 14.3 (#317)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1052 | — |
| DTBench | — | 47.7% |
| LMCA | — | 6.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 118.44 |
Math Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 11.8 (#300)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 2.5% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 29.4% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 17.0 (#281)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 35.5% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 53.9% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 34.1% |
| MMLU | — | 72.9% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.9 (#283), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 992 | — |
Instruction Following Qwen2.5 7B Instruct leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 52.1 (#288), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 63.4 (#226)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 74.1% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1024 | — |
Writing & Preference Qwen2.5 7B Instruct leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.6 (#272), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 48.8 (#194)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1057 | — |
| WildBench | — | 73.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than Qwen2.5 7B Instruct?
Codellama 70b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.3 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 70b Instruct or Qwen2.5 7B Instruct better for coding?
Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 35.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has 15.