Model comparison

Llama 3.2 3B vs Wizardlm 13b

Wizardlm 13b is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 28.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 10 shared benchmarks.

Summary

They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.2 3B scores higher in 4 categories and Wizardlm 13b in 3 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Wizardlm 13b leads 30.5 to 24.7.

Side by side

Llama 3.2 3B and Wizardlm 13b specifications
	Llama 3.2 3B	Wizardlm 13b
Provider	Meta	Microsoft
Noometry Index	28.9	31.4
Released	2024-09-24	—
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	131K	—
Max output	118K	—
Input $ / M tokens	$0.05	—
Output $ / M tokens	$0.33	—
Results tracked	18	10

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Category by category

Coding Wizardlm 13b leads

Llama 3.2 3B: 27.6 (#319), Wizardlm 13b: 30.1 (#298)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Wizardlm 13b
LMArena Coding	1098	1035
BigCodeBench Instruct	23.4%	—
BigCodeBench Complete	28.3%	—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Llama 3.2 3B: 20.1 (#143), Wizardlm 13b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Wizardlm 13b
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	21.9%	—
BALROG	10.1%	—

Reasoning Llama 3.2 3B leads

Llama 3.2 3B: 21.0 (#228), Wizardlm 13b: 19.4 (#259)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Wizardlm 13b
LMArena Hard Prompts	1095	1018

Math Llama 3.2 3B leads

Llama 3.2 3B: 32.4 (#214), Wizardlm 13b: 30.2 (#238)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Wizardlm 13b
LMArena Math	1126	1017

Knowledge Not comparable

Llama 3.2 3B: 29.7 (#235), Wizardlm 13b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Wizardlm 13b
LMArena Expert	1090	—

Multilingual Too close to call

Llama 3.2 3B: 26.2 (#281), Wizardlm 13b: 27.1 (#277)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Wizardlm 13b
LMArena Non-English	1019	1034
LMArena Chinese	1017	1023
LMArena German	1056	—
LMArena Russian	949	—

Instruction Following Llama 3.2 3B leads

Llama 3.2 3B: 56.0 (#275), Wizardlm 13b: 53.5 (#285)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Wizardlm 13b
LMArena Instruction Following	1089	1048

Long Context Llama 3.2 3B leads

Llama 3.2 3B: 33.4 (#261), Wizardlm 13b: 32.0 (#273)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Wizardlm 13b
LMArena Longer Query	1100	1054

Writing & Preference Wizardlm 13b leads

Llama 3.2 3B: 24.7 (#307), Wizardlm 13b: 30.5 (#287)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 3B	Wizardlm 13b
LMArena Text	1110	1077
LMArena Creative Writing	1094	1091
LMArena Multi-Turn	1105	1047
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	595	—

Frequently asked questions

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