Model comparison
Codellama 70b Instruct vs Mistral Small 3
Codellama 70b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 6 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher in 3 categories and Mistral Small 3 in 2 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Mistral Small 3 leads 37.3 to 24.8.
Side by side
| Codellama 70b Instruct | Mistral Small 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 31.2 |
| Released | — | 2025-01-30 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 33K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.08 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Codellama 70b Instruct leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#193), Mistral Small 3: 36.5 (#207)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.7% | 45.3% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 49.6% | 50.4% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1246 |
| HumanEval+ | 65.9% | — |
Reasoning Codellama 70b Instruct leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 20.1 (#242), Mistral Small 3: 18.9 (#273)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1052 | 1233 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 127.07 |
Math Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Mistral Small 3: 16.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 6.7% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1240 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Mistral Small 3: 25.1 (#263)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 47.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 25.2% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1202 |
Multilingual Mistral Small 3 leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.8 (#288), Mistral Small 3: 37.3 (#236)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 992 | 1198 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1204 |
| LMArena French | — | 1203 |
| LMArena German | — | 1211 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1111 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1188 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1216 |
Instruction Following Mistral Small 3 leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 51.9 (#293), Mistral Small 3: 63.7 (#229)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1024 | 1214 |
Long Context Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#211)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1246 |
Writing & Preference Codellama 70b Instruct leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.4 (#277), Mistral Small 3: 32.2 (#280)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1057 | 1234 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1195 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 707 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1217 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than Mistral Small 3?
Codellama 70b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 70b Instruct or Mistral Small 3 better for coding?
Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.6 versus 36.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and Mistral Small 3 share?
6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3 has 24.