Model comparison
Codellama 70b Instruct vs Qwen3.5 35B-A3B
Qwen3.5 35B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 33.3 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 1 category and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B in 4 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads 50.2 to 24.9.
Side by side
| Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.3 | 41.7 |
| Released | — | 2026-02-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 28 |
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Category by category
Coding Codellama 70b Instruct leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.0 (#189), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 33.5 (#244)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1254 |
| SciCode | — | 29.3% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1410 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 49.6% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 65.9% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 19.2 (#241), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 23.9 (#158)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1052 | 1400 |
| CritPt | — | 0.6% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 10% |
| DTBench | — | 80% |
| LMCA | — | 29.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 142.52 |
Math Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 38.4 (#86)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 56% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 70% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1404 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 47.7 (#73)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 83.5% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 10.5% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1408 |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.9 (#283), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 50.2 (#122)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 992 | 1379 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1458 |
| LMArena French | — | 1412 |
| LMArena German | — | 1367 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1326 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1354 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1377 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1390 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 52.1 (#288), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 73.0 (#123)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1024 | 1379 |
Long Context Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 42.4 (#122)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1390 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.6 (#272), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 58.1 (#118)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1057 | 1395 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1347 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1391 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than Qwen3.5 35B-A3B?
Qwen3.5 35B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 33.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 70b Instruct or Qwen3.5 35B-A3B better for coding?
Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 33.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B has 28.