Model comparison

GPT-5 Mini vs Wizardlm 70b

GPT-5 Mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5 Mini OpenAI

41.8

Rank #128 Confirmed

Wizardlm 70b Microsoft

33.0

Rank #249 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5 Mini scores higher in 7 categories and Wizardlm 70b in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-5 Mini leads 55.2 to 34.8.
  • Wizardlm 70b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5 Mini and Wizardlm 70b specifications
GPT-5 MiniWizardlm 70b
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index41.833.0
Released2025-08-07—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.25—
Output $ / M tokens$2—
Results tracked6012

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5 Mini leads

GPT-5 Mini: 40.1 (#146), Wizardlm 70b: 31.4 (#285)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniWizardlm 70b
LMArena Coding14061081
SWE-bench Verified64.7%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)59.8%—
SWE-bench Multilingual39.7%—
SciCode39.2%—
WeirdML52.7%—
ALE-Bench799.77—
AlgoTune1.38—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5 Mini: 31.1 (#70), Wizardlm 70b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniWizardlm 70b
Terminal-Bench34.8%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard55.5%—
Vending-Bench 2-31.18—

Reasoning GPT-5 Mini leads

GPT-5 Mini: 23.9 (#168), Wizardlm 70b: 20.7 (#234)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniWizardlm 70b
LMArena Hard Prompts13801079
ARC-AGI-24.4%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark70.3%—
ARC-AGI-154.3%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles30%—
EnigmaEval8.2%—
Mystery Game Puzzles10%—
DTBench80.5%—
LMCA34.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index145.52—
ForecastBench61—

Math GPT-5 Mini leads

GPT-5 Mini: 46.7 (#69), Wizardlm 70b: 32.2 (#218)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniWizardlm 70b
LMArena Math13781116
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)46.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 412.2%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202586.7%—
ProofBench9%—
Omni-MATH72.2%—
MATH Level 597.8%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)27.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)6.3%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5 Mini: 45.6 (#86), Wizardlm 70b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniWizardlm 70b
GPQA Diamond75%—
Humanity's Last Exam19.4%—
SimpleQA Verified21.6%—
MMLU-Pro83.5%—
Confabulations13.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate12.9%—
GPQA (HELM)75.6%—
LMArena Expert1379—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5 Mini: 35.6 (#85), Wizardlm 70b: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniWizardlm 70b
LMArena Vision1202—
VPCT40.2%—

Multilingual GPT-5 Mini leads

GPT-5 Mini: 48.9 (#137), Wizardlm 70b: 29.6 (#265)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniWizardlm 70b
LMArena Non-English13631078
LMArena Chinese13851052
LMArena German13661083
LMArena Russian13621155
LMArena French1386—
LMArena Japanese1341—
LMArena Korean1308—
LMArena Spanish1355—

Instruction Following GPT-5 Mini leads

GPT-5 Mini: 76.2 (#46), Wizardlm 70b: 56.3 (#273)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniWizardlm 70b
LMArena Instruction Following13571093
IFEval92.7%—

Long Context GPT-5 Mini leads

GPT-5 Mini: 41.9 (#132), Wizardlm 70b: 33.3 (#263)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniWizardlm 70b
LMArena Longer Query13551097
Fiction.LiveBench69.4%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5 Mini leads

GPT-5 Mini: 55.2 (#148), Wizardlm 70b: 34.8 (#269)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniWizardlm 70b
LMArena Text13731120
LMArena Creative Writing13251149
LMArena Multi-Turn13631108
Short-Story Creative Writing83.1%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1313—
WildBench85.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5 Mini better than Wizardlm 70b?

GPT-5 Mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5 Mini or Wizardlm 70b better for coding?

GPT-5 Mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 31.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5 Mini and Wizardlm 70b share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5 Mini has 60 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 70b has 12.

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