Model comparison
Gemma 3 12B vs Wizardlm 13b
Gemma 3 12B and Wizardlm 13b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.1 vs 31.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 12B scores higher in 5 categories and Wizardlm 13b in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Gemma 3 12B leads 45.7 to 27.1.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 12B | Wizardlm 13b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | |
| Noometry Index | 32.1 | 31.4 |
| Released | 2025-03-12 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.05 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | — |
| Results tracked | 24 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 31.7 (#280), Wizardlm 13b: 30.1 (#298)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Wizardlm 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1281 | 1035 |
| SciCode | 17.4% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3 12B: 25.5 (#108), Wizardlm 13b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Wizardlm 13b |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 30.4% | — |
Reasoning Wizardlm 13b leads
Gemma 3 12B: 15.7 (#313), Wizardlm 13b: 19.4 (#259)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Wizardlm 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1309 | 1018 |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| DTBench | 48.8% | — |
| LMCA | 4.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 123.5 | — |
Math Wizardlm 13b leads
Gemma 3 12B: 22.3 (#279), Wizardlm 13b: 30.2 (#238)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Wizardlm 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1307 | 1017 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 3 12B: 26.5 (#257), Wizardlm 13b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Wizardlm 13b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 39.5% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 4.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1248 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 3 12B: —, Wizardlm 13b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Wizardlm 13b |
|---|---|---|
| MindCube | 46.7% | — |
Multilingual Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 45.7 (#165), Wizardlm 13b: 27.1 (#277)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Wizardlm 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1318 | 1034 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1023 |
| LMArena German | 1370 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1335 | — |
Instruction Following Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 68.6 (#186), Wizardlm 13b: 53.5 (#285)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Wizardlm 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1299 | 1048 |
Long Context Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 40.0 (#162), Wizardlm 13b: 32.0 (#273)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Wizardlm 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1317 | 1054 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 47.5 (#209), Wizardlm 13b: 30.5 (#287)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Wizardlm 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1334 | 1077 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1331 | 1091 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1334 | 1047 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1126 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 12B better than Wizardlm 13b?
Gemma 3 12B and Wizardlm 13b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.1 vs 31.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemma 3 12B or Wizardlm 13b better for coding?
Gemma 3 12B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.7 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 12B and Wizardlm 13b share?
9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 12B has 24 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 13b has 10.