# Codellama 34b Instruct vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct

> Codellama 34b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/codellama-34b-instruct-vs-phi-3-mini-128k-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 34b Instruct scores higher in 5 categories and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct in 2 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.

## Snapshot

| | Codellama 34b Instruct | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 29.7 |
| Rank | 287 | 305 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.5 (#314)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29% | 29.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1046 | 1039 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 37.1% | 40.6% |
| HumanEval+ | 43.9% | — |
| MBPP+ | 56.3% | — |

## Reasoning

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 19.6 (#255)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1032 | 1028 |

## Math

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 31.0 (#230)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1056 | 1089 |

## Knowledge

- Codellama 34b Instruct: —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 984 |

## Multilingual

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 25.8 (#284)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1011 | 1000 |
| LMArena Chinese | 976 | 1016 |
| LMArena French | — | 1039 |
| LMArena German | — | 1006 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 899 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 856 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1004 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1059 |

## Instruction Following

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 52.2 (#291)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1028 | 1023 |

## Long Context

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 30.9 (#284)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1013 | 996 |

## Writing & Preference

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.2 (#297)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1066 | 1050 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1032 | 1024 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1015 | 989 |

## FAQ

### Is Codellama 34b Instruct better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?

Codellama 34b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Codellama 34b Instruct or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (28.5 vs 28.8); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do Codellama 34b Instruct and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 34b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.