Model comparison

Codellama 34b Instruct vs Step 5 Preview

Step 5 Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Codellama 34b Instruct Meta

30.2

Rank #285 Confirmed

Step 5 Preview StepFun

43.8

Rank #78 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in coding, where Step 5 Preview leads 50.6 to 28.0.
  • Codellama 34b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Codellama 34b Instruct and Step 5 Preview specifications
Codellama 34b InstructStep 5 Preview
ProviderMetaStepFun
Noometry Index30.243.8
Released—2026-09-16
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1.02M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1
Output $ / M tokens—$2.70
Results tracked143

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Category by category

Coding Step 5 Preview leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.0 (#310), Step 5 Preview: 50.6 (#40)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructStep 5 Preview
LMArena WebDev—1569
SciCode—58.9%
BigCodeBench Instruct29%—
LMArena Coding1046—
BigCodeBench Complete37.1%—
HumanEval+43.9%—
MBPP+56.3%—

Reasoning Step 5 Preview leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 18.8 (#250), Step 5 Preview: 38.0 (#58)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructStep 5 Preview
CritPt—20.9%
LMArena Hard Prompts1032—

Math Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.5 (#227), Step 5 Preview: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructStep 5 Preview
LMArena Math1056—

Multilingual Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: 25.9 (#279), Step 5 Preview: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructStep 5 Preview
LMArena Non-English1011—
LMArena Chinese976—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: 52.4 (#286), Step 5 Preview: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructStep 5 Preview
LMArena Instruction Following1028—

Long Context Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: 30.8 (#279), Step 5 Preview: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructStep 5 Preview
LMArena Longer Query1014—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.4 (#292), Step 5 Preview: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructStep 5 Preview
LMArena Text1066—
LMArena Creative Writing1032—
LMArena Multi-Turn1015—

Frequently asked questions

Is Codellama 34b Instruct better than Step 5 Preview?

Step 5 Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is Codellama 34b Instruct or Step 5 Preview better for coding?

Step 5 Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.6 versus 28.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Codellama 34b Instruct and Step 5 Preview share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 34b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Step 5 Preview has 3.

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