Model comparison
Codellama 34b Instruct vs Llama 3.2 3B
Codellama 34b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 28.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 34b Instruct scores higher in 2 categories and Llama 3.2 3B in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Llama 3.2 3B leads 56.0 to 52.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 37.1% for Codellama 34b Instruct and 28.3% for Llama 3.2 3B.
Side by side
| Codellama 34b Instruct | Llama 3.2 3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 28.9 |
| Released | — | 2024-09-24 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 118K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.33 |
| Results tracked | 14 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.5 (#314), Llama 3.2 3B: 27.6 (#319)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29% | 23.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1046 | 1098 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 37.1% | 28.3% |
| HumanEval+ | 43.9% | — |
| MBPP+ | 56.3% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Codellama 34b Instruct: —, Llama 3.2 3B: 20.1 (#143)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 21.9% |
| BALROG | — | 10.1% |
Reasoning Llama 3.2 3B leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 19.6 (#255), Llama 3.2 3B: 21.0 (#228)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1032 | 1095 |
Math Llama 3.2 3B leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 31.0 (#230), Llama 3.2 3B: 32.4 (#214)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1056 | 1126 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 34b Instruct: —, Llama 3.2 3B: 29.7 (#235)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1090 |
Multilingual Too close to call
Codellama 34b Instruct: 25.8 (#284), Llama 3.2 3B: 26.2 (#281)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1011 | 1019 |
| LMArena Chinese | 976 | 1017 |
| LMArena German | — | 1056 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 949 |
Instruction Following Llama 3.2 3B leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 52.2 (#291), Llama 3.2 3B: 56.0 (#275)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1028 | 1089 |
Long Context Llama 3.2 3B leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 30.9 (#284), Llama 3.2 3B: 33.4 (#261)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1013 | 1100 |
Writing & Preference Codellama 34b Instruct leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.2 (#297), Llama 3.2 3B: 24.7 (#307)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1066 | 1110 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1032 | 1094 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1015 | 1105 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 595 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 34b Instruct better than Llama 3.2 3B?
Codellama 34b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 28.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 34b Instruct or Llama 3.2 3B better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (28.5 vs 27.6); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 34b Instruct and Llama 3.2 3B share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 34b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 3B has 18.