Model comparison

Grok 3 vs Wizardlm 70b

Grok 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Grok 3 xAI

39.9

Rank #157 Confirmed

Wizardlm 70b Microsoft

33.0

Rank #249 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 3 scores higher in 6 categories and Wizardlm 70b in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in multilingual, where Grok 3 leads 52.3 to 29.6.
  • Wizardlm 70b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 3 and Wizardlm 70b specifications
Grok 3Wizardlm 70b
ProviderxAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index39.933.0
Released2025-04-09—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked4012

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Category by category

Coding Grok 3 leads

Grok 3: 41.9 (#115), Wizardlm 70b: 31.4 (#285)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Coding14321081
Aider Polyglot53.3%—
WeirdML37.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 3: 30.5 (#76), Wizardlm 70b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Wizardlm 70b
BALROG29.5%—

Reasoning Wizardlm 70b leads

Grok 3: 13.7 (#333), Wizardlm 70b: 20.7 (#234)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Hard Prompts14341079
ARC-AGI-20%—
SimpleBench36.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark61.3%—
ARC-AGI-15.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index138.33—

Math Grok 3 leads

Grok 3: 38.0 (#145), Wizardlm 70b: 32.2 (#218)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Math13911116
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202555.6%—
Omni-MATH46.4%—
MATH Level 588.7%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)3.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Grok 3: 46.2 (#82), Wizardlm 70b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Wizardlm 70b
GPQA Diamond75.8%—
MMLU-Pro78.8%—
Confabulations14.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.8%—
GPQA (HELM)65%—
LMArena Expert1421—

Multilingual Grok 3 leads

Grok 3: 52.3 (#87), Wizardlm 70b: 29.6 (#265)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Non-English14101078
LMArena Chinese14481052
LMArena German14311083
LMArena Russian14161155
LMArena French1460—
LMArena Japanese1387—
LMArena Korean1373—
LMArena Spanish1417—

Instruction Following Grok 3 leads

Grok 3: 75.0 (#73), Wizardlm 70b: 56.3 (#273)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Instruction Following14091093
IFEval88.4%—

Long Context Grok 3 leads

Grok 3: 38.7 (#192), Wizardlm 70b: 33.3 (#263)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Longer Query14391097
Fiction.LiveBench58.3%—

Writing & Preference Grok 3 leads

Grok 3: 55.8 (#141), Wizardlm 70b: 34.8 (#269)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Text14261120
LMArena Creative Writing14141149
LMArena Multi-Turn14251108
Short-Story Creative Writing76.4%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1186—
WildBench84.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 3 better than Wizardlm 70b?

Grok 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 3 or Wizardlm 70b better for coding?

Grok 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 31.4 in the Noometry coding category.

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

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 3 has 40 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 70b has 12.

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