Model comparison
Codellama 70b Instruct vs Qwen3.6 35B-A3B
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads 28.0 to 20.1.
Side by side
| Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 37.6 |
| Released | — | 2026-04-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.49 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#193), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 37.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 35.8% |
| WeirdML | — | 34.5% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.7% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 49.6% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 65.9% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 22.1 (#134)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 23% |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 20.1 (#242), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 28.0 (#109)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 41.6% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 26% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1052 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 22% |
| DTBench | — | 73.9% |
| LMCA | — | 29.7% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 44.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 143.93 |
Math Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 38.9 (#121)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 20.4% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 51.3 (#68)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 84.8% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.8 (#288), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 992 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: 51.9 (#293), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1024 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.4 (#277), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1057 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 70b Instruct or Qwen3.6 35B-A3B better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (37.6 vs 37.2); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has 14.