Model comparison
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct vs Wizardlm 70b
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Wizardlm 70b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.4 vs 33.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 3.1 8b Instruct scores higher in 7 categories and Wizardlm 70b in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads 34.5 to 31.4.
Side by side
| Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Wizardlm 70b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 33.0 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 13 | 12 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 34.5 (#233), Wizardlm 70b: 31.4 (#285)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1186 | 1081 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 24.1 (#120), Wizardlm 70b: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.1% | — |
Reasoning Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 22.1 (#207), Wizardlm 70b: 20.7 (#234)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1145 | 1079 |
Math Too close to call
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 33.0 (#209), Wizardlm 70b: 32.2 (#218)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1152 | 1116 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#220), Wizardlm 70b: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1142 | — |
Multilingual Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.9 (#260), Wizardlm 70b: 29.6 (#265)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1099 | 1078 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1145 | 1052 |
| LMArena Russian | 1092 | 1155 |
| LMArena German | — | 1083 |
Instruction Following Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 58.6 (#259), Wizardlm 70b: 56.3 (#273)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1131 | 1093 |
Long Context Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.2 (#241), Wizardlm 70b: 33.3 (#263)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1162 | 1097 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.5 (#266), Wizardlm 70b: 34.8 (#269)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1150 | 1120 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1129 | 1149 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1108 | 1108 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 3.1 8b Instruct better than Wizardlm 70b?
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Wizardlm 70b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.4 vs 33.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Granite 3.1 8b Instruct or Wizardlm 70b better for coding?
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.5 versus 31.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Wizardlm 70b share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has 13 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 70b has 12.