Model comparison
Codellama 70b Instruct vs Qwen3.5 27B
Qwen3.5 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 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 Qwen3.5 27B in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Qwen3.5 27B leads 50.8 to 24.8.
Side by side
| Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.5 27B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 41.9 |
| Released | — | 2026-02-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.40 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 28 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 27B leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#193), Qwen3.5 27B: 38.9 (#168)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1358 |
| WeirdML | — | 39.5% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1427 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 49.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 349.45 |
| HumanEval+ | 65.9% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3.5 27B: —
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 201.98 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 27B leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 20.1 (#242), Qwen3.5 27B: 27.5 (#117)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1052 | 1414 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 47.9% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 45.5% |
| DTBench | — | 82.4% |
| LMCA | — | 34% |
Math Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3.5 27B: 38.8 (#127)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 56.7% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1429 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3.5 27B: 38.0 (#150)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 12.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1428 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3.5 27B: 39.4 (#59)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1241 |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 27B leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.8 (#288), Qwen3.5 27B: 50.8 (#115)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 992 | 1390 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1478 |
| LMArena French | — | 1410 |
| LMArena German | — | 1393 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1345 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1358 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1390 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1407 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 27B leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 51.9 (#293), Qwen3.5 27B: 73.5 (#119)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1024 | 1393 |
Long Context Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3.5 27B: 43.1 (#106)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1413 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 27B leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.4 (#277), Qwen3.5 27B: 59.3 (#111)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1057 | 1409 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1362 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1410 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than Qwen3.5 27B?
Qwen3.5 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 70b Instruct or Qwen3.5 27B better for coding?
Qwen3.5 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 37.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and Qwen3.5 27B share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 27B has 28.