Model comparison

Codellama 70b Instruct vs Palm 2

Codellama 70b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Codellama 70b Instruct Meta

33.7

Rank #237 Confirmed

Palm 2 Google

30.0

Rank #298 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher in 5 categories and Palm 2 in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where Codellama 70b Instruct leads 37.6 to 29.0.
  • Codellama 70b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Codellama 70b Instruct and Palm 2 specifications
Codellama 70b InstructPalm 2
ProviderMetaGoogle
Noometry Index33.730.0
Released——
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked710

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Category by category

Coding Codellama 70b Instruct leads

Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#193), Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructPalm 2
BigCodeBench Instruct40.7%—
LMArena Coding—994
BigCodeBench Complete49.6%—
HumanEval+65.9%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Codellama 70b Instruct: 20.1 (#242), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructPalm 2
LMArena Hard Prompts10521005

Math Not comparable

Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructPalm 2
LMArena Math—1049

Multilingual Codellama 70b Instruct leads

Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.8 (#288), Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructPalm 2
LMArena Non-English992916
LMArena Chinese—887

Instruction Following Too close to call

Codellama 70b Instruct: 51.9 (#293), Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructPalm 2
LMArena Instruction Following10241010

Long Context Not comparable

Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructPalm 2
LMArena Longer Query—1010

Writing & Preference Codellama 70b Instruct leads

Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.4 (#277), Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructPalm 2
LMArena Text10571027
LMArena Creative Writing—991
LMArena Multi-Turn—994

Frequently asked questions

Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than Palm 2?

Codellama 70b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Codellama 70b Instruct or Palm 2 better for coding?

Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.6 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and Palm 2 share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.

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