# Codellama 34b Instruct vs Dolly 2.0-12b

> Codellama 34b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/codellama-34b-instruct-vs-dolly-2-0-12b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 9

## Summary

- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 34b Instruct scores higher in 6 categories and Dolly 2.0-12b in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Codellama 34b Instruct leads 52.2 to 38.7.

## Snapshot

| | Codellama 34b Instruct | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Databricks |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 25.5 |
| Rank | 287 | 342 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.5 (#314)
- Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1046 | 776 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 37.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 43.9% | — |
| MBPP+ | 56.3% | — |

## Reasoning

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 19.6 (#255)
- Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1032 | 804 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 89.67 |
| HellaSwag | — | 70.8% |
| PIQA | — | 75.4% |
| WinoGrande | — | 61.8% |

## Math

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 31.0 (#230)
- Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1056 | 871 |

## Knowledge

- Codellama 34b Instruct: —
- Dolly 2.0-12b: —

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 39.6% |
| BoolQ | — | 56.3% |
| MMLU | — | 26.2% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 39.2% |

## Multilingual

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 25.8 (#284)
- Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1011 | 836 |
| LMArena Chinese | 976 | 836 |

## Instruction Following

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 52.2 (#291)
- Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1028 | 814 |

## Long Context

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 30.9 (#284)
- Dolly 2.0-12b: —

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1013 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.2 (#297)
- Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1066 | 851 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1032 | 864 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1015 | 740 |

## FAQ

### Is Codellama 34b Instruct better than Dolly 2.0-12b?

Codellama 34b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Codellama 34b Instruct or Dolly 2.0-12b better for coding?

Codellama 34b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 28.5 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Codellama 34b Instruct and Dolly 2.0-12b share?

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 34b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Dolly 2.0-12b has 17.