Model comparison
Codellama 70b Instruct vs Qwen3 Max
Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 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 Max in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3 Max leads 62.4 to 33.4.
- Codellama 70b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 43.7 |
| Released | — | 2025-09-23 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 Max leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#193), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1456 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 49.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 370.45 |
| HumanEval+ | 65.9% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3 Max: —
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 71.56 |
Reasoning Qwen3 Max leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 20.1 (#242), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1052 | 1448 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 72.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 30.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 5% |
| DTBench | — | 82.1% |
| LMCA | — | 28.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 142.38 |
Math Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 18.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 73.3% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1446 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 97.1% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 72.6% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 48.7% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1455 |
Multilingual Qwen3 Max leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.8 (#288), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 992 | 1429 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1478 |
| LMArena French | — | 1449 |
| LMArena German | — | 1463 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1397 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1399 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1428 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1462 |
Instruction Following Qwen3 Max leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 51.9 (#293), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1024 | 1419 |
Long Context Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
| CL-bench | — | 14.5% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1438 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3 Max leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.4 (#277), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1057 | 1439 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1402 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1446 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than Qwen3 Max?
Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 70b Instruct or Qwen3 Max better for coding?
Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 37.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and Qwen3 Max share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.