Model comparison
Gemma 3 12B vs Wizardlm 70b
Gemma 3 12B and Wizardlm 70b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.1 vs 33.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 12B scores higher in 5 categories and Wizardlm 70b in 2 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Gemma 3 12B leads 45.7 to 29.6.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 12B | Wizardlm 70b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | |
| Noometry Index | 32.1 | 33.0 |
| 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 | 12 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Gemma 3 12B: 31.7 (#280), Wizardlm 70b: 31.4 (#285)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1281 | 1081 |
| SciCode | 17.4% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3 12B: 25.5 (#108), Wizardlm 70b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 30.4% | — |
Reasoning Wizardlm 70b leads
Gemma 3 12B: 15.7 (#313), Wizardlm 70b: 20.7 (#234)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1309 | 1079 |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| DTBench | 48.8% | — |
| LMCA | 4.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 123.5 | — |
Math Wizardlm 70b leads
Gemma 3 12B: 22.3 (#279), Wizardlm 70b: 32.2 (#218)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1307 | 1116 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 3 12B: 26.5 (#257), Wizardlm 70b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 39.5% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 4.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1248 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 3 12B: —, Wizardlm 70b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| MindCube | 46.7% | — |
Multilingual Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 45.7 (#165), Wizardlm 70b: 29.6 (#265)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1318 | 1078 |
| LMArena German | 1370 | 1083 |
| LMArena Russian | 1335 | 1155 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1052 |
Instruction Following Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 68.6 (#186), Wizardlm 70b: 56.3 (#273)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1299 | 1093 |
Long Context Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 40.0 (#162), Wizardlm 70b: 33.3 (#263)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1317 | 1097 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 47.5 (#209), Wizardlm 70b: 34.8 (#269)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1334 | 1120 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1331 | 1149 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1334 | 1108 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1126 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 12B better than Wizardlm 70b?
Gemma 3 12B and Wizardlm 70b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.1 vs 33.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemma 3 12B or Wizardlm 70b better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (31.7 vs 31.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 12B and Wizardlm 70b share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 12B has 24 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 70b has 12.