Noometry

Model comparison

Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Codellama 34b Instruct

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.9 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Claude Sonnet 5.5 Anthropic

61.9

Rank #10 Confirmed

Codellama 34b Instruct Meta

30.8

Rank #287 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores higher in 7 categories and Codellama 34b Instruct in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads 87.9 to 31.0.
  • Codellama 34b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Sonnet 5.5Codellama 34b Instruct
ProviderAnthropicMeta
Noometry Index61.930.8
Released2026-09-28—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked3214

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Category by category

Coding Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 67.3 (#6), Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.5 (#314)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Codellama 34b Instruct
LMArena Coding15131046
FrontierCode52.1%—
CursorBench55.5%—
LMArena WebDev1774—
FrontierSWE61.9%—
SciCode61%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—29%
BigCodeBench Complete—37.1%
ALE-Bench1,819—
HumanEval+—43.9%
MBPP+—56.3%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 45.0 (#16), Codellama 34b Instruct: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Codellama 34b Instruct
APEX-Agents75.5%—

Reasoning Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 54.0 (#28), Codellama 34b Instruct: 19.6 (#255)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Codellama 34b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14951032
NYT Connections (extended)80.5%—
CritPt31.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles65%—
Epoch Capabilities Index165.03—

Math Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 87.9 (#6), Codellama 34b Instruct: 31.0 (#230)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Codellama 34b Instruct
LMArena Math15101056
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)88.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 480.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench100%—
FrontierMath Erdős2.9%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 66.0 (#12), Codellama 34b Instruct: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Codellama 34b Instruct
GPQA Diamond95.6%—
SimpleQA Verified46.5%—
LMArena Expert1540—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 51.5 (#6), Codellama 34b Instruct: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Codellama 34b Instruct
LMArena Vision1289—
Furniture Assembly75%—

Multilingual Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 55.3 (#30), Codellama 34b Instruct: 25.8 (#284)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Codellama 34b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14521011
LMArena Chinese1522976
LMArena Russian1451—

Instruction Following Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 78.3 (#11), Codellama 34b Instruct: 52.2 (#291)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Codellama 34b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14951028

Long Context Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 45.9 (#28), Codellama 34b Instruct: 30.9 (#284)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Codellama 34b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14981013

Writing & Preference Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 66.0 (#40), Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.2 (#297)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Codellama 34b Instruct
LMArena Text14711066
LMArena Creative Writing14651032
LMArena Multi-Turn14741015

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 better than Codellama 34b Instruct?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.9 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 or Codellama 34b Instruct better for coding?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 67.3 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Codellama 34b Instruct share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 5.5 has 32 scored results on Noometry and Codellama 34b Instruct has 14.

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