Model comparison
Codellama 70b Instruct vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 33.7 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 Plus in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.6 Plus leads 62.2 to 33.4.
- Codellama 70b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.6 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 47.5 |
| Released | — | 2026-03-31 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $3 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 37 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#193), Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.8 (#130)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 57.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1461 |
| SciCode | — | 40.7% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1467 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 49.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 670.15 |
| HumanEval+ | 65.9% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 5,115 |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 20.1 (#242), Qwen3.6 Plus: 29.3 (#93)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1052 | 1449 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 60.3% |
| CritPt | — | 2.9% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 17% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 59.5% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 12% |
| DTBench | — | 81.9% |
| LMCA | — | 33.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 147.65 |
Math Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: 51.8 (#54)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 38.2% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 93.3% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1450 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 26.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 8.3% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#45)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 88.4% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 44.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1454 |
Multilingual Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.8 (#288), Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.3 (#70)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 992 | 1424 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1477 |
| LMArena French | — | 1455 |
| LMArena German | — | 1452 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1389 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1379 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1434 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1432 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 51.9 (#293), Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.0 (#74)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1024 | 1425 |
Long Context Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.2 (#49)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | — | 20.3% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1439 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.4 (#277), Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.2 (#82)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1057 | 1437 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1404 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1438 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than Qwen3.6 Plus?
Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 70b Instruct or Qwen3.6 Plus better for coding?
Qwen3.6 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 37.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and Qwen3.6 Plus share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Plus has 37.