Model comparison
Codellama 70b Instruct vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 33.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Meta
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Max Preview in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 64.0 to 33.6.
- Codellama 70b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.6 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.3 | 51.1 |
| Released | — | 2026-04-20 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.80 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 29 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.0 (#189), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.6 (#50)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 76.7% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1482 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1472 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 49.6% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 65.9% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 4,254 |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 19.2 (#241), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 40.8 (#47)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1052 | 1457 |
| SimpleBench | — | 63% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 19% |
| DTBench | — | 87.2% |
| LMCA | — | 42.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 149.27 |
Math Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 52.2 (#40)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 91.1% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1465 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 23.1% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 4.2% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#35)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 87.4% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 52% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1476 |
Multilingual Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.9 (#283), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.3 (#46)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 992 | 1436 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1487 |
| LMArena French | — | 1449 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1444 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1452 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 52.1 (#288), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.8 (#51)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1024 | 1437 |
Long Context Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#59)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1457 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.6 (#272), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 64.0 (#58)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1057 | 1447 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1435 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1456 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 33.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 70b Instruct or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 37.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.