Model comparison

Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Wizardlm 13b

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.9 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Claude Sonnet 5.5 Anthropic

61.9

Rank #10 Confirmed

Wizardlm 13b Microsoft

31.4

Rank #274 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores higher in 7 categories and Wizardlm 13b in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads 87.9 to 30.2.
  • Wizardlm 13b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Wizardlm 13b specifications
Claude Sonnet 5.5Wizardlm 13b
ProviderAnthropicMicrosoft
Noometry Index61.931.4
Released2026-09-28—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked3210

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Category by category

Coding Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 67.3 (#6), Wizardlm 13b: 30.1 (#298)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Wizardlm 13b
LMArena Coding15131035
FrontierCode52.1%—
CursorBench55.5%—
LMArena WebDev1774—
FrontierSWE61.9%—
SciCode61%—
ALE-Bench1,819—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 45.0 (#16), Wizardlm 13b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Wizardlm 13b
APEX-Agents75.5%—

Reasoning Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 54.0 (#28), Wizardlm 13b: 19.4 (#259)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Wizardlm 13b
LMArena Hard Prompts14951018
NYT Connections (extended)80.5%—
CritPt31.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles65%—
Epoch Capabilities Index165.03—

Math Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 87.9 (#6), Wizardlm 13b: 30.2 (#238)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Wizardlm 13b
LMArena Math15101017
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)88.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 480.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench100%—
FrontierMath Erdős2.9%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 66.0 (#12), Wizardlm 13b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Wizardlm 13b
GPQA Diamond95.6%—
SimpleQA Verified46.5%—
LMArena Expert1540—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 51.5 (#6), Wizardlm 13b: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Wizardlm 13b
LMArena Vision1289—
Furniture Assembly75%—

Multilingual Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 55.3 (#30), Wizardlm 13b: 27.1 (#277)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Wizardlm 13b
LMArena Non-English14521034
LMArena Chinese15221023
LMArena Russian1451—

Instruction Following Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 78.3 (#11), Wizardlm 13b: 53.5 (#285)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Wizardlm 13b
LMArena Instruction Following14951048

Long Context Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 45.9 (#28), Wizardlm 13b: 32.0 (#273)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Wizardlm 13b
LMArena Longer Query14981054

Writing & Preference Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 66.0 (#40), Wizardlm 13b: 30.5 (#287)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Wizardlm 13b
LMArena Text14711077
LMArena Creative Writing14651091
LMArena Multi-Turn14741047

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 better than Wizardlm 13b?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.9 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 or Wizardlm 13b better for coding?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 67.3 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Wizardlm 13b share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 5.5 has 32 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 13b has 10.

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