# Codellama 34b Instruct vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

> Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/codellama-34b-instruct-vs-nemotron-3-ultra
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 10

## Summary

- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 34b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3 Ultra in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nemotron 3 Ultra leads 66.3 to 28.2.

## Snapshot

| | Codellama 34b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 42.5 |
| Rank | 287 | 113 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.50 |
| Output $/M | — | $2.20 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.5 (#314)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 38.1 (#182)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1046 | 1468 |
| FrontierCode | — | 13.6% |
| SciCode | — | 40.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 43.5% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 37.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 43.9% | — |
| MBPP+ | 56.3% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Codellama 34b Instruct: —
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 23.4 (#126)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 22.7% |

## Reasoning

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 19.6 (#255)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 31.0 (#82)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1032 | 1452 |
| CritPt | — | 3.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 12% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 20% |
| DTBench | — | 90.1% |
| LMCA | — | 36.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 146.17 |

## Math

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 31.0 (#230)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 35.3 (#187)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1056 | 1457 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| ProofBench | — | 2% |

## Knowledge

- Codellama 34b Instruct: —
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 52.5 (#61)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 85.4% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1472 |

## Multilingual

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 25.8 (#284)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 53.5 (#64)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1011 | 1427 |
| LMArena Chinese | 976 | 1497 |
| LMArena French | — | 1472 |
| LMArena German | — | 1471 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1386 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1417 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1454 |

## Instruction Following

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 52.2 (#291)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 74.7 (#88)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1028 | 1418 |

## Long Context

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 30.9 (#284)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 43.9 (#81)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1013 | 1437 |

## Writing & Preference

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.2 (#297)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 66.3 (#36)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1066 | 1445 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1032 | 1398 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1015 | 1411 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1692 |

## FAQ

### Is Codellama 34b Instruct better than Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Codellama 34b Instruct or Nemotron 3 Ultra better for coding?

Nemotron 3 Ultra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.1 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Codellama 34b Instruct and Nemotron 3 Ultra share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 34b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Ultra has 30.
