# Codellama 34b Instruct vs Mistral Medium 3.1

> Mistral Medium 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/codellama-34b-instruct-vs-mistral-medium-3-1
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Medium 3.1 leads 55.5 to 28.2.
- Codellama 34b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Codellama 34b Instruct | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 31.9 |
| Rank | 287 | 266 |
| Context | — | 131K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.40 |
| Output $/M | — | $2 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.5 (#314)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1046 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 37.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 43.9% | — |
| MBPP+ | 56.3% | — |

## Reasoning

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 19.6 (#255)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.6 (#341)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 6.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 20.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1032 | — |

## Math

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 31.0 (#230)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1056 | — |

## Multilingual

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 25.8 (#284)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1011 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 976 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 52.2 (#291)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1028 | — |

## Long Context

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 30.9 (#284)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1013 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.2 (#297)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.5 (#145)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1066 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1032 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1476 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1015 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Codellama 34b Instruct better than Mistral Medium 3.1?

Mistral Medium 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Codellama 34b Instruct and Mistral Medium 3.1 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 34b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3.