Model comparison

Grok 4.5 vs Wizardlm 70b

Grok 4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 55.0 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.5 xAI

55.0

Rank #25 Confirmed

Wizardlm 70b Microsoft

33.0

Rank #249 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.5 scores higher in 7 categories and Wizardlm 70b in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.5 leads 56.1 to 20.7.
  • Wizardlm 70b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.5 and Wizardlm 70b specifications
Grok 4.5Wizardlm 70b
ProviderxAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index55.033.0
Released2026-07-08—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window500K—
Max output500K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$6—
Results tracked5212

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 52.2 (#35), Wizardlm 70b: 31.4 (#285)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Coding14741081
DeepSWE53.8%—
FrontierCode42.4%—
LMArena WebDev1553—
SciCode54.1%—
WeirdML46.4%—
ALE-Bench1,309—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.5: 44.4 (#17), Wizardlm 70b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Wizardlm 70b
APEX-Agents56.2%—
τ²-bench Banking47.9%—
PostTrainBench23.4%—
GBAEval65.4%—
GDP.pdf14%—
LMArena Search1213—
Vending-Bench 23,887—

Reasoning Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 56.1 (#25), Wizardlm 70b: 20.7 (#234)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Hard Prompts14621079
ARC-AGI-252.6%—
SimpleBench70%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark83.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)79.9%—
ARC-AGI-187.2%—
CritPt15.4%—
Chess Puzzles36%—
DTBench96.5%—
LMCA45.2%—
Surface Evolver Bench74.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index153.92—

Math Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 60.9 (#35), Wizardlm 70b: 32.2 (#218)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Math14591116
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 424.4%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.8%—
ProofBench31%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Grok 4.5: 62.3 (#24), Wizardlm 70b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Wizardlm 70b
GPQA Diamond93.4%—
SimpleQA Verified48.3%—
LMArena Expert1466—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.5: 37.6 (#72), Wizardlm 70b: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Vision1288—
Blueprint-Bench 227.3%—
Furniture Assembly22.5%—
LMArena Document1452—

Multilingual Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 54.4 (#42), Wizardlm 70b: 29.6 (#265)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Non-English14401078
LMArena Chinese14961052
LMArena German14461083
LMArena Russian14481155
LMArena French1456—
LMArena Japanese1428—
LMArena Korean1404—
LMArena Spanish1450—

Instruction Following Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 76.0 (#48), Wizardlm 70b: 56.3 (#273)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Instruction Following14461093

Long Context Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 44.8 (#56), Wizardlm 70b: 33.3 (#263)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Longer Query14631097

Writing & Preference Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 65.8 (#42), Wizardlm 70b: 34.8 (#269)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Text14481120
LMArena Creative Writing14421149
LMArena Multi-Turn14561108
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1579—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.5 better than Wizardlm 70b?

Grok 4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 55.0 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 4.5 or Wizardlm 70b better for coding?

Grok 4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.2 versus 31.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.5 and Wizardlm 70b share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.5 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 70b has 12.

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