Model comparison

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b vs StarCoder 2 15B

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b has enough public results to be ranked (#220); StarCoder 2 15B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

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Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b and StarCoder 2 15B specifications
Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8bStarCoder 2 15B
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)NVIDIA
Noometry Index35.137.5
Released—2024-02-20
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked117

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Category by category

Coding StarCoder 2 15B leads

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 33.9 (#235), StarCoder 2 15B: 36.0

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8bStarCoder 2 15B
LMArena Coding1184—
BigCodeBench Complete—38.4%
HumanEval+—37.8%

Reasoning Not comparable

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 21.8 (#188), StarCoder 2 15B: —

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8bStarCoder 2 15B
LMArena Hard Prompts1174—
Epoch Capabilities Index—104.61
WinoGrande—64.3%

Math Not comparable

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 31.3 (#196), StarCoder 2 15B: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8bStarCoder 2 15B
LMArena Math1195—
GSM8K—57.7%

Knowledge Not comparable

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: —, StarCoder 2 15B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8bStarCoder 2 15B
ARC (AI2) Challenge—47.2%
MMLU—64.1%

Multilingual Not comparable

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 35.6 (#241), StarCoder 2 15B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8bStarCoder 2 15B
LMArena Non-English1169—
LMArena Chinese1175—
LMArena Russian1193—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 61.6 (#241), StarCoder 2 15B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8bStarCoder 2 15B
LMArena Instruction Following1174—

Long Context Not comparable

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 35.8 (#234), StarCoder 2 15B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8bStarCoder 2 15B
LMArena Longer Query1181—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 39.9 (#240), StarCoder 2 15B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8bStarCoder 2 15B
LMArena Text1193—
LMArena Creative Writing1182—
LMArena Multi-Turn1154—

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b better than StarCoder 2 15B?

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b has enough public results to be ranked (#220); StarCoder 2 15B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Is Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b or StarCoder 2 15B better for coding?

StarCoder 2 15B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.0 versus 33.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b and StarCoder 2 15B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b has 11 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 15B has 7.

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