Model comparison
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b vs Codellama 70b Instruct
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.9 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
MetaSummary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. C4ai Aya Expanse 8b scores higher in 4 categories and Codellama 70b Instruct in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where C4ai Aya Expanse 8b leads 36.1 to 24.8.
Side by side
| C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Codellama 70b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 34.9 | 33.7 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 15 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Codellama 70b Instruct leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 33.8 (#252), Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#193)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Codellama 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 40.7% |
| LMArena Coding | 1160 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 49.6% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 65.9% |
Reasoning C4ai Aya Expanse 8b leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 22.4 (#197), Codellama 70b Instruct: 20.1 (#242)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Codellama 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1156 | 1052 |
Math Not comparable
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 33.3 (#203), Codellama 70b Instruct: —
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Codellama 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1168 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 33.6 (#201), Codellama 70b Instruct: —
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Codellama 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1153 | — |
Multilingual C4ai Aya Expanse 8b leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 36.1 (#242), Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.8 (#288)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Codellama 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1180 | 992 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1181 | — |
| LMArena German | 1188 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1120 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1197 | — |
Instruction Following C4ai Aya Expanse 8b leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 60.1 (#253), Codellama 70b Instruct: 51.9 (#293)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Codellama 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1155 | 1024 |
Long Context Not comparable
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 36.1 (#236), Codellama 70b Instruct: —
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Codellama 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1191 | — |
Writing & Preference C4ai Aya Expanse 8b leads
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 39.0 (#250), Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.4 (#277)
| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 8b | Codellama 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1185 | 1057 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1168 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1160 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is C4ai Aya Expanse 8b better than Codellama 70b Instruct?
C4ai Aya Expanse 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.9 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is C4ai Aya Expanse 8b or Codellama 70b Instruct better for coding?
Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.6 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do C4ai Aya Expanse 8b and Codellama 70b Instruct share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. C4ai Aya Expanse 8b has 15 scored results on Noometry and Codellama 70b Instruct has 7.