Model comparison
Codellama 70b Instruct vs Qwen Plus
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Meta
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen Plus in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Qwen Plus leads 45.1 to 24.8.
- Codellama 70b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 37.1 |
| Released | — | 2024-01-25 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen Plus leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#193), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1328 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 49.6% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 65.9% | — |
Reasoning Qwen Plus leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 20.1 (#242), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1052 | 1317 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 63.3% |
| DTBench | — | 81.1% |
| LMCA | — | 24% |
Math Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 17.8% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1326 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 65.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 48.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1328 |
Multilingual Qwen Plus leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.8 (#288), Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 992 | 1310 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1347 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1251 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1323 |
Instruction Following Qwen Plus leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 51.9 (#293), Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1024 | 1303 |
Long Context Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1324 |
Writing & Preference Qwen Plus leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.4 (#277), Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1057 | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1293 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1336 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than Qwen Plus?
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 70b Instruct or Qwen Plus better for coding?
Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 37.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and Qwen Plus share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.