Model comparison
Codellama 70b Instruct vs Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 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 0 categories and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads 52.1 to 24.9.
Side by side
| Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.3 | 42.5 |
| Released | — | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.80 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 18 |
Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry
Category by category
Coding Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.0 (#189), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 41.8 (#103)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1438 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 49.6% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 65.9% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 19.2 (#241), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 28.1 (#92)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1052 | 1428 |
Math Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 36.2 (#120)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1426 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.6 (#120)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1440 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.1 (#50)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1247 |
Multilingual Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.9 (#283), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 52.1 (#92)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 992 | 1405 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1462 |
| LMArena French | — | 1448 |
| LMArena German | — | 1424 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1385 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1395 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1409 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1427 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 52.1 (#288), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 74.4 (#95)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1024 | 1407 |
Long Context Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 43.4 (#93)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1420 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.6 (#272), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 60.4 (#94)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1057 | 1420 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1367 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1428 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?
Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 33.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 70b Instruct or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B better for coding?
Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 37.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has 18.