# Codellama 34b Instruct vs Pixtral Large

> Pixtral Large is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/codellama-34b-instruct-vs-pixtral-large
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Pixtral Large leads 32.9 to 28.2.

## Snapshot

| | Codellama 34b Instruct | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 32.2 |
| Rank | 287 | 259 |
| Context | — | 128K |
| Input $/M | — | $2 |
| Output $/M | — | $6 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.5 (#314)
- Pixtral Large: —

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

## Reasoning

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 19.6 (#255)
- Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1032 | — |

## Math

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 31.0 (#230)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1056 | — |

## Multimodal

- Codellama 34b Instruct: —
- Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1089 |

## Multilingual

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 25.8 (#284)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1011 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 976 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 52.2 (#291)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1028 | — |

## Long Context

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 30.9 (#284)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1013 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.2 (#297)
- Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1066 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1032 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 988 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1015 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Codellama 34b Instruct better than Pixtral Large?

Pixtral Large is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Codellama 34b Instruct and Pixtral Large share?

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