Model comparison

Grok-3 mini vs Wizardlm 70b

Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Grok-3 mini xAI

41.2

Rank #141 Confirmed

Wizardlm 70b Microsoft

33.0

Rank #249 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-3 mini scores higher in 6 categories and Wizardlm 70b in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in instruction following, where Grok-3 mini leads 78.5 to 56.3.
  • Wizardlm 70b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok-3 mini and Wizardlm 70b specifications
Grok-3 miniWizardlm 70b
ProviderxAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index41.233.0
Released2025-04-09—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3512

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Category by category

Coding Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 40.8 (#131), Wizardlm 70b: 31.4 (#285)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniWizardlm 70b
LMArena Coding13791081
Aider Polyglot49.3%—
WeirdML42.6%—

Reasoning Wizardlm 70b leads

Grok-3 mini: 13.6 (#334), Wizardlm 70b: 20.7 (#234)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniWizardlm 70b
LMArena Hard Prompts13751079
ARC-AGI-20.4%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark61.3%—
ARC-AGI-116.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index140.35—

Math Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 42.1 (#85), Wizardlm 70b: 32.2 (#218)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniWizardlm 70b
LMArena Math13861116
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202577.8%—
Omni-MATH31.8%—
MATH Level 590.9%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)5.9%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Grok-3 mini: 46.4 (#81), Wizardlm 70b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniWizardlm 70b
GPQA Diamond76.3%—
MMLU-Pro79.9%—
Confabulations10.8%—
GPQA (HELM)67.5%—
LMArena Expert1395—

Multilingual Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 48.1 (#145), Wizardlm 70b: 29.6 (#265)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniWizardlm 70b
LMArena Non-English13521078
LMArena Chinese13871052
LMArena German13491083
LMArena Russian13531155
LMArena French1357—
LMArena Japanese1342—
LMArena Korean1335—
LMArena Spanish1381—

Instruction Following Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 78.5 (#9), Wizardlm 70b: 56.3 (#273)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniWizardlm 70b
LMArena Instruction Following13571093
IFEval95.1%—

Long Context Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#147), Wizardlm 70b: 33.3 (#263)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniWizardlm 70b
LMArena Longer Query13721097
Fiction.LiveBench66.7%—

Writing & Preference Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 52.5 (#169), Wizardlm 70b: 34.8 (#269)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniWizardlm 70b
LMArena Text13701120
LMArena Creative Writing13421149
LMArena Multi-Turn13551108
Short-Story Creative Writing73.5%—
WildBench65.1%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok-3 mini better than Wizardlm 70b?

Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok-3 mini or Wizardlm 70b better for coding?

Grok-3 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 31.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok-3 mini and Wizardlm 70b share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-3 mini has 35 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 70b has 12.

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