Model comparison
Codestral vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
NVIDIASummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Codestral scores higher in 0 categories and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct leads 35.9 to 27.3.
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Codestral | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 30.6 | 37.6 |
| Released | 2024-05-29 | 2024-12-18 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 256K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.90 | — |
| Results tracked | 7 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct leads
Codestral: 27.3 (#321), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.9 (#216)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 41.8% | 38.7% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 52.5% | 48.2% |
| Aider Polyglot | 11.1% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1272 |
| ALE-Bench | 137.78 | — |
| HumanEval+ | 73.8% | — |
| MBPP+ | 61.9% | — |
Reasoning Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct leads
Codestral: 19.8 (#251), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 25.0 (#152)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 32.5% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1266 |
Math Not comparable
Codestral: —, Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.5 (#182)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1271 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codestral: —, Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 34.1 (#199)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1242 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Codestral: —, Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 40.5 (#217)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1245 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1263 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1227 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Codestral: —, Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 65.9 (#213)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1252 |
Long Context Not comparable
Codestral: —, Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#215)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1238 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Codestral: —, Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 48.4 (#203)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1283 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1269 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1275 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codestral better than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct?
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codestral or Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct better for coding?
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.9 versus 27.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codestral and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codestral has 7 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct has 14.