# Codellama 70b Instruct vs GPT-6.1 Sol

> GPT-6.1 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 65.6 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/codellama-70b-instruct-vs-gpt-6-1-sol
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 4

## Summary

- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-6.1 Sol in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-6.1 Sol leads 81.9 to 20.1.
- Codellama 70b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Codellama 70b Instruct | GPT-6.1 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 65.6 |
| Rank | 237 | 6 |
| Context | — | 1.05M |
| Input $/M | — | $2 |
| Output $/M | — | $10 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#193)
- GPT-6.1 Sol: 63.2 (#8)

| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | GPT-6.1 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSWE | — | 75.2% |
| FrontierCode | — | 50.2% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1755 |
| SciCode | — | 55.8% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1487 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 49.6% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 65.9% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Codellama 70b Instruct: —
- GPT-6.1 Sol: 39.6 (#26)

| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | GPT-6.1 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 60% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 32% |

## Reasoning

- Codellama 70b Instruct: 20.1 (#242)
- GPT-6.1 Sol: 81.9 (#2)

| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | GPT-6.1 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1052 | 1466 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 94.2% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 95.5% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 98.5% |
| CritPt | — | 31.7% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 61% |
| EBR-Bench | — | 54.3% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 80% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 166.09 |

## Math

- Codellama 70b Instruct: —
- GPT-6.1 Sol: 93.7 (#1)

| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | GPT-6.1 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 93.7% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 100% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 100% |
| ProofBench | — | 99% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1464 |

## Knowledge

- Codellama 70b Instruct: —
- GPT-6.1 Sol: 71.8 (#4)

| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | GPT-6.1 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 95.4% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 73.9% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1502 |

## Multimodal

- Codellama 70b Instruct: —
- GPT-6.1 Sol: 52.7 (#5)

| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | GPT-6.1 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1288 |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 80% |

## Multilingual

- Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.8 (#288)
- GPT-6.1 Sol: 54.3 (#46)

| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | GPT-6.1 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 992 | 1438 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1477 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1455 |

## Instruction Following

- Codellama 70b Instruct: 51.9 (#293)
- GPT-6.1 Sol: 77.0 (#29)

| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | GPT-6.1 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1024 | 1468 |

## Long Context

- Codellama 70b Instruct: —
- GPT-6.1 Sol: 44.9 (#54)

| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | GPT-6.1 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1465 |

## Writing & Preference

- Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.4 (#277)
- GPT-6.1 Sol: 63.6 (#63)

| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | GPT-6.1 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1057 | 1447 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1432 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1449 |

## FAQ

### Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than GPT-6.1 Sol?

GPT-6.1 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 65.6 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Codellama 70b Instruct or GPT-6.1 Sol better for coding?

GPT-6.1 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 63.2 versus 37.6 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and GPT-6.1 Sol share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and GPT-6.1 Sol has 34.