Model comparison

Codellama 70b Instruct vs Step 5 Preview

Step 5 Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.9 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Codellama 70b Instruct Meta

33.7

Rank #237 Confirmed

Step 5 Preview StepFun

47.9

Rank #58 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Step 5 Preview in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Step 5 Preview leads 62.8 to 33.4.
  • Codellama 70b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Codellama 70b Instruct and Step 5 Preview specifications
Codellama 70b InstructStep 5 Preview
ProviderMetaStepFun
Noometry Index33.747.9
Released—2026-09-16
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1.02M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1
Output $ / M tokens—$2.70
Results tracked718

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Category by category

Coding Step 5 Preview leads

Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#193), Step 5 Preview: 51.8 (#36)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructStep 5 Preview
LMArena WebDev—1564
SciCode—58.9%
BigCodeBench Instruct40.7%—
LMArena Coding—1480
BigCodeBench Complete49.6%—
HumanEval+65.9%—

Reasoning Step 5 Preview leads

Codellama 70b Instruct: 20.1 (#242), Step 5 Preview: 40.0 (#57)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructStep 5 Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts10521465
CritPt—20.9%

Math Not comparable

Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Step 5 Preview: 46.1 (#72)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructStep 5 Preview
ProofBench—42%
LMArena Math—1470

Knowledge Not comparable

Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Step 5 Preview: 41.2 (#112)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructStep 5 Preview
LMArena Expert—1470

Multimodal Not comparable

Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Step 5 Preview: 41.0 (#41)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructStep 5 Preview
LMArena Vision—1267

Multilingual Step 5 Preview leads

Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.8 (#288), Step 5 Preview: 53.8 (#54)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructStep 5 Preview
LMArena Non-English9921432
LMArena Chinese—1519
LMArena Russian—1436
LMArena Spanish—1439

Instruction Following Step 5 Preview leads

Codellama 70b Instruct: 51.9 (#293), Step 5 Preview: 76.0 (#50)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructStep 5 Preview
LMArena Instruction Following10241444

Long Context Not comparable

Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Step 5 Preview: 44.5 (#64)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructStep 5 Preview
LMArena Longer Query—1455

Writing & Preference Step 5 Preview leads

Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.4 (#277), Step 5 Preview: 62.8 (#71)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructStep 5 Preview
LMArena Text10571442
LMArena Creative Writing—1410
LMArena Multi-Turn—1447

Frequently asked questions

Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than Step 5 Preview?

Step 5 Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.9 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Codellama 70b Instruct or Step 5 Preview better for coding?

Step 5 Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.8 versus 37.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and Step 5 Preview share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and Step 5 Preview has 18.

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