Model comparison
Codellama 70b Instruct vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 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 1 category and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 4 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads 47.7 to 24.8.
Side by side
| Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 38.1 |
| Released | — | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Codellama 70b Instruct leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#193), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 35.5 (#223)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 55.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1275 |
| GSO | — | 4.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 41.2% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1412 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 49.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 461.45 |
| AlgoTune | — | 1.44 |
| HumanEval+ | 65.9% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.9 (#123)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 27.2% |
Reasoning Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 20.1 (#242), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 25.5 (#149)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1052 | 1372 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.5% |
Math Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1365 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.0 (#162)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1338 |
Multilingual Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.8 (#288), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.7 (#148)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 992 | 1346 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1357 |
| LMArena French | — | 1398 |
| LMArena German | — | 1325 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1310 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1305 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1366 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1360 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 51.9 (#293), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.6 (#147)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1024 | 1355 |
Long Context Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#131)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1378 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.4 (#277), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.3 (#147)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1057 | 1357 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1365 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 70b Instruct or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?
Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.6 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.