Model comparison
Codellama 70b Instruct vs Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads 71.7 to 20.1.
- Codellama 70b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 56.7 |
| Released | — | 2026-02-19 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1.05M |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $12 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 71 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#193), Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 42.5 (#99)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 75.6% |
| DeepSWE | — | 11.7% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1447 |
| SciCode | — | 58.9% |
| GSO | — | 22.6% |
| WeirdML | — | 72.1% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1484 |
| MirrorCode | — | 8.9% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 49.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,161 |
| AlgoTune | — | 2.02 |
| HumanEval+ | 65.9% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.7 (#34)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 80.2% |
| APEX-Agents | — | 35.3% |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 26% |
| DeepResearch Bench | — | 47.8% |
| PostTrainBench | — | 22% |
| BALROG | — | 57% |
| ExploitBench | — | 26.1% |
| GBAEval | — | 0.8% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 17% |
| LMArena Search | — | 1211 |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 77% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 3,774 |
Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 20.1 (#242), Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.7 (#12)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1052 | 1485 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 77.1% |
| SimpleBench | — | 79.6% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 97.4% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 98% |
| CritPt | — | 17.7% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 55% |
| EnigmaEval | — | 36.8% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 79.4% |
| EBR-Bench | — | 14.3% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 34% |
| DTBench | — | 97.1% |
| LMCA | — | 53.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 154.77 |
| ForecastBench | — | 59 |
Math Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 62.1 (#34)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 59.6% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 26.8% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 86.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 95.6% |
| ProofBench | — | 26% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1485 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 36.9% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 16.7% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.8 (#3)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 94.4% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 46.4% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 73.5% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 10.4% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1485 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.9 (#69)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1296 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 26.5% |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 26.7% |
| LMArena Document | — | 1444 |
Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.8 (#288), Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 57.0 (#12)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 992 | 1477 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1529 |
| LMArena French | — | 1487 |
| LMArena German | — | 1491 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1493 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1455 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1498 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1479 |
Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 51.9 (#293), Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 77.0 (#32)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1024 | 1466 |
Long Context Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 47.4 (#18)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | — | 20.8% |
| CL-bench Life | — | 16.9% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1483 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.4 (#277), Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 66.1 (#37)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1057 | 1481 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1482 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1491 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1142 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1488 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview?
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 70b Instruct or Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better for coding?
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.5 versus 37.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 71.